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Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1304

  • From: P3D George Gioumousis <georggms@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1304
  • Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 04:43:07 -0700 (PDT)
> Date: Tue, 30 Apr   1996 17:59:41 GMT
> From: P3D Marcus J Warrington  <mwarrington@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re VB Games..
> 
> The lads at work still insist that light is planar and travels in waves and so
> circular polarisation ((anti)Clockwise) is impossible..... Help..
> 
> Marcus ?8^)
> 
Light is a transverse wave, which means that whatever wiggles (in this case
the electric and magnetic fields) does so at right angles to the direction
of motion. Visualize a horizontal sine wave and a vertical wave offset by
a quarter cycle; the resultant will be a corkscrew. Leading and lagging
produce clockwise and counter-clockwise, but I forget which is which.

Tell the lads at work to look at a good physics text.

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Dr G (joint chemistry and physics) 
(in real life, George Gioumousis: Stereo Photographer)


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