Explain the phenomenon of polarization by scattering.
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Unpolarized light scattering from air molecules shakes their electrons perpendicular to the direction of the original ray. ... Since light is a transverse EM wave, it vibrates the electrons of air molecules perpendicular to the direction it is traveling.
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Polarization by Scattering
The scattering of light off air molecules produces linearly polarized light in the plane perpendicular to the incident light. ... If the charges in a molecule are oscillating along the y-axis, it will not radiate along the y-axis.
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