polarization

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Researchers have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three key properties of light -- amplitude, phase and polarization.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

While silicon is widely used and supports high integration, it is sensitive to polarization and tends to have higher optical losses, which can limit performance and reliability in quantum systems.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Light can rotate clockwise, known as right-circular polarization, or counter-clockwise, known as left-circular polarization.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

“This should be a moment of celebration, unity, and economic opportunity, not a flashpoint for fear, polarization, and violence,” the lawmakers wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

Given Walt’s need to exert control and Chris’s extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer