"Interference from coherent sources can only occur when sources have the same polarization". Is this true?

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"Interference from coherent sources can only occur when sources have the same polarization". Is this true?

2006-12-07 15:24:55 · 1 answers · asked by Ahmad Aizuddin Sudari 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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Not true. a wave polarized at a 45 degree angle will have a partial interference on a verticle wave insomuch as the 45 degree angle has a component in the same direction as the verticle wave.

2006-12-07 17:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by promethius9594 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋