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🔆 Polarimetry: Stokes Vector, Analyzer Scan, Malus Law and Wave Plates (2D)

Polarimetry bench in 2D: linear light passes an optical rotator and a retarder, then a rotating analyzer. See the polarization ellipse, the Stokes vector and a least-squares fit of the noisy intensity scan. Same Stokes/Mueller kernel as the 3D page, with Malus, lossless-optics, fit and wave-plate checks.

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Polarimetry: Stokes Vector, Analyzer Scan, Malus Law and Wave Plates (2D) ↗ Open standalone
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Polarimetry bench in 2D: linear light passes an optical rotator and a retarder, then a rotating analyzer. See the polarization ellipse, the Stokes vector and a least-squares fit of the noisy intensity scan. Same Stokes/Mueller kernel as the 3D page, with Malus, lossless-optics, fit and wave-plate checks.

polarimetryStokes parametersMalus's lawwave platepolarization ellipse

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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