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Does a polarized lazer source produce fringes in the double slit experiment?

Lazarus
in Classical Physics

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Does a polarized lazer source produce fringes in the double slit experiment?

5 hours ago, Lazarus said:

Does a polarized lazer source produce fringes in the double slit experiment?

Yes. Assuming that you mean that the light is polarised at the source, rather than at the slits.

In fact, I think light will only interfere with light of the same polarisation.

1 hour ago, Strange said:

In fact, I think light will only interfere with light of the same polarisation.

Yes. Which can be a problem when you use a polarizing beam splitter, giving you orthogonal polarizations.

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