Light for Which the Electric Field Vector Is Restricted to One

question 59

Multiple Choice

Light for which the electric field vector is restricted to one plane is said to be

• A) linearly polarized.
• B) linearly refracted.
• C) linearly reflected.
• D) unpolarized.

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