Polarisation teachers notes

The analogy of waves in a string passing through a slit is often used to introduce the concept of polarisation. Design an experiment to test if you can actually polarise a wave in a string and if the amplitude of the wave passing through an angled slit is given by Aocosθ.I haven"t tried this one myself yet but I"d try with something like a climbing rope and a slit made of two shiny poles. Photograph a pulse going in...

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