Lazarus Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Does a polarized lazer source produce fringes in the double slit experiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 What happens if you split a polarised beam, rotate the polarization of one half (say by passing through sugar solution) and then recombine them? Can they interfere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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