#light polarization

[mindblowingscience]

Since the 17th century, when Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens first debated the nature of light, scientists have been puzzling over whether light is best viewed as a wave or a particle—or perhaps, at the quantum level, even both at once. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have revealed a new connection between the two perspectives, using a 350-year-old mechanical theorem—ordinarily used to describe the movement of large, physical objects like pendulums and planets—to explain some of the most complex behaviors of light waves. The work, led by Xiaofeng Qian, assistant professor of physics at Stevens and reported in the August 17 online issue of Physical Review Research, also proves for the first time that a light wave's degree of non-quantum entanglement exists in a direct and complementary relationship with its degree of polarization. As one rises, the other falls, enabling the level of entanglement to be inferred directly from the level of polarization, and vice versa. This means that hard-to-measure optical properties such as amplitudes, phases and correlations—perhaps even these of quantum wave systems—can be deduced from something a lot easier to measure: light intensity.

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[cabbagequeen323]

physics is not my favorite, but sometimes I learn something and I just need to lie on the floor for a bit because it bowled me over with how magical it is

[dinchenix]

it's the end of the year and you're walking through fresh snow under the Northern Lights ❄

get the high-res mobile wallpaper in my Winter Pack here

[magicmetalbird]

comic I made for the @polarlightszine this year

please check it out!

[illustratus]

Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church

[vintage-polar]

HMS ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’ in the Antarctic by John Wilson Carmichael, painted 1847

[marysmirages]

Polar Night (2024)

[ada-armand]

linktr.ee/ada_armand

[polarlightszine]

❄️ POLAR LIGHTS 3 Now Live!

Polar Lights 3: Midnight is a digital charity anthology featuring original art and writing from 56 creators in a collection of 52 illustrations, 5 poems, 5 short stories, and more.

All proceeds will benefit the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, a global coalition of environmental NGOs working for the protection of species and marine ecosystems in Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean.

Grab a digital copy of the zine for as little as $2! 🩵

Shares greatly appreciated.

[ecoharbor]

📍Lofoten, Norway 🇳🇴

[gentlemensarts]

[cleverreports]

We report: we constantly underestimate the fabric of our universe, even as we are aware that it is a much larger, much more colourful tapestry than we could ever conceive. For every little thing that has been understood and explained, there are millions more that escape meaning.

[t-u-i-t-c]

Gozyu Polar

[artuurle]

okay i had to ref out my personal bizzyboy coloration headcanons so i didnt have to try to replicate the same colors after doing full rendered images. Bonus Bans for context of his thick fur coat and uuuuh.... ignore mustard capos please i was in vc making these.

[luguangs]

We are alive. And we will continue living. So long as you remain by my side.

[mirroreclipse]

My contribution this year to the Polar Lights zine, tried something more painterly because it's fun ^u^

Go get yourself a copy and support Antarctic conservation research~