Principle
If a laser is equipped with a so-called Brewster window, it emits linearly polarized light whose plane of oscillation can be determined with a polarization filter used as an analyzer.
Benefits
- Curriculum-relevant DEMO Experiment in optics
- Equivalence to the corresponding student experiment
- Stable optical bench
- Compact, simple construction
Tasks
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Determination of the plane of oscillation of a polarised laser beam - Malus' law