Research Catalog

Title

Polarized light / William A. Shurcliff and Stanley S. Ballard.

Author

Shurcliff, William A.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., ©1964.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ballard, Stanley S.
• Commission on College Physics.

Description

144 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates; 21 cm.

Summary

"Polarized light plays a vital role in physics today. This concise and readable study presents a wide variety of new and dramatic applications in clear, nonmathematical language. The contents include a description of the four principal types of polarizers and the use of retarders, along with an explanation of the great advances that have been made in dealing mathematically with polarized light. Eight methods of producing polarized light directly are indicated. Containing much new information from a rapidly expanding field, this book will be of interest to many practicing physicists, as well as to students and interested laymen."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Van Nostrand momentum book print ; 7

Uniform Title

Van Nostrand momentum books ; no. 7.

Subject

• Polarization (Light)
• polarized light
• Polarisiertes Licht

Note

• "Published for the Commission on College Physics."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 142.

Contents

Polarization: a simplifying process -- Assistance provided by the electromagnetic theory -- Dichroic polarizers -- Polarizers of the reflection type -- Polarizers of the double-refraction type -- Retarders -- Conventional algebra of polarizers -- Modern descriptions of polarized light -- Short-cut calculus -- Popular applications of polarized light -- Scientific and esoteric applications -- Direct generation of polarized light.

LCCN

64057904

OCLC

• ocm00222681
• 222681
• SCSB-301659

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library