polarization

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Because photons behave according to quantum mechanics, their polarization cannot be measured without leaving detectable traces.

From Science Daily

XL-Calibur is designed to measure the polarization of light, a property that describes the orientation of electromagnetic vibrations.

From Science Daily

Instead of relying on magnetic or electric polarization states, these materials contain vortices of electric dipoles.

From Science Daily

This effect describes how the polarization of light rotates as it travels through a material placed in a constant magnetic field.

From Science Daily

They’re home to exactly the kinds of voters who, in principle, might give someone like Platner a hearing: not deeply ideological, modestly skeptical of both parties and wary of national polarization.

From Salon