plane polarized light

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[Type of polarization]
Polarized light can be decomposed into two linearly polarized components that vibrate at right angles to each other, and depending on their amplitude and phase difference, they can be classified as linearly polarized, circularly polarized, or elliptically polarized. As mentioned above, light whose vibration plane (or vibration vector) is limited to one plane relative to the direction of light propagation is called linearly polarized light, or plane polarized light, and linearly polarized light can be decomposed into two linearly polarized light components with a phase difference of mπ ( m = 0, ±1, ±2, ...) that vibrate at right angles to each other in a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation (Figure). Most polarized light obtained by a polarizing plate or polarizer is linearly polarized light. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "plane polarized light" is listed below.

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［偏光の種類］
　偏光は互いに直角方向に振動する二つの直線偏光成分に分解でき，それらの振幅および位相差によって，直線偏光，円偏光，楕円偏光に分けられる。前述したように光の進行方向に対して振動面(または振動ベクトル)が一平面内に限られている光を直線偏光linearly polarized light，または平面偏光plane polarized lightといい，直線偏光は，進行方向に垂直な面内で互いに直角方向に振動する，位相差がmπ(m＝0，±1，±2，……)の二つの直線偏光に分解できる(図)。偏光板または偏光子によって得られる偏光はほとんど直線偏光である。…

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