Abstract
If the end of a stretched rope is shaken up and down, as shown in Fig. 2. 1, a train of transverse waves will travel down the rope. As the wave progresses, all segments of the rope will be set into vibration in a vertical plane. Similarly, moving the end of the rope side to side, or, for that matter, in any single direction, will produce transverse waves that are plane polarized.
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Rossing, T.D., Chiaverina, C.J. (1999). Polarized Light. In: Light Science. Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21698-0_7
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