POLARIZATION BY SCATTERING
EQUIPMENT
Glass Cylinder
Laser
or Lamp
Small Hole
Collimator
Soap Solution
NARRATIVE
Fill the cylinder with
water. Add a capful of soap to the water and stir. Attach the small hole collimator to the
light source and direct the light beam through the solution. View the beam through a
Polaroid filter (analyzer) while rotating the filter. At two certain positions, the beam
will be completely cancelled.
A Laser can be substituted for the Lamp and Collimator.