08-23-2012, 01:54 PM
What is polarized light? -- Polarization is the aligning of vibrations in a transverse wave, usually by filtering out waves of other directions. Polarized light waves only travel vertically or horizontally -- when combined at right angles they block each other out and no net light can be detected.
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