The polarisation plane of a wave (IMAGE)

St. Petersburg State University

The polarisation plane of a wave

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The polarisation plane of a wave is the plane in which a vector (for example, the electric field vector) oscillates and changes. In the figure, the oscillations of the electric vector are in blue; the polarisation plane is in red.

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