Their paper, published in Physical Review Letters (PRL), suggests that polarization switching in the materials is prompted by wave-like movements of domain walls (i.e., boundaries between regions ...

When the waves are in phase, you get a travelling plane wave on a plane inclined at 45° to the vertical. When the horizontal and vertical waves are 90° out of phase, you get a circularly polarized ...

So I've been familiar with the basics of polarization since forever, but I recently realized circular polarization is a mystery to me. I've heard of it in conjunction with eg satellite broadcasts ...

Polarization of photons plays a key role in quantum optics and light-matter interactions, however, it is difficult to control in nanostructures. Here scientists reveal polarization control of ...

Circular polarization happens when light behaves as a two-dimensional transverse wave; it is distinct from linear polarization microwaves. Linear polarization vs circular polarization.

Magnon circular birefringence: Polarization rotation of spin waves and its applications Date: July 31, 2017 Source: Tohoku University Summary: An international team of researchers has conducted a ...

The LIGO experiment hunts for gravitational waves that are different from those sought by BICEP2. Although both types are elusive, they differ in age and strength—and come from very different places ...

A team of scientists may have detected a twist in light from the early universe known as primordial B-mode polarization that could help explain how the universe began. Such a finding has been ...