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Polarization of Light

Problem 5.187

Explain how, using a Polaroid and a quarter-wave plate made of positive uniaxial crystal \(\left(n_{e}>n_{0}\right),\) to distinguish (a) light with left-hand circular polarization from that with right-hand polarization; (b) natural light from light with circular polarization and from the composition of natural light and that with circular polarization.

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