Quote: all electric fields are polarized; unpolarized light is the overlapping of many different polarizations

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When the x-vibration and the y-vibration [of an electric field] are not in phase, the electric field vector moves around … [If they are in phase, the electric field oscillates in a straight line]. … [p. 33-2] We have considered linearly, circularly, and elliptically … Now how can the light be unpolarized when … Remember that one atom emits during 10^-8 sec, … different polarization, the polarizations will change every 10^-8 … light unpolarized   Google-1   Google-2

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