LIGHT CONTROL 7-15

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DEPTH OF
LOUVER
MORE SECTIONS
LESS
DEPTH
PRINCIPLE OF LOUVER DESIGN
CONTROL MAY BE IMPROVED BY USING MORE
SHALLOW ONES OR THE SAME NUMBER
OF GREATER DEPTH
EGG CRATE DESIGN FOR
FLUORESCENT LAMP FIXTURE
STANDARD FOR
INCANDESCENT-LAMP
REFLECTOR
SINGLE-LAMP
CLIP-ON TYPE FOR
FLUORESCENT LAMP
FIG. 7-18. Typical louver designs.
Polarization
Light waves emitted by common sources are oriented at all angles in
planes at right angles to the direction of the beam emitted from a source.
As they pass through certain substances or are reflected from certain sur-
faces at particular angles, vibrations in some directions are absorbed more
than are those in other directions. Light which vibrates more strongly
in certain directions is said to be polarized.
The action of a taut rope fixed at one end and agitated at the other is
analogous to that of a polarized light wave. As indicated in Fig. 7-19(a),
when the end of the rope moves in a vertical line, a knot at any point along
the rope will move in a parallel line. When the end of the rope moves
through a circle, the knot will traverse a circle; and if the end revolves in
PLANE
NO MOTION
TRANSMITTED^
MOTION STOPS
WAVE
PROGRESSES
(NO CHANGE)
POLARIZED TRANS-
MITTER AXIS PER-
PENDICULAR TO
PLANE OF POLAR-
IZATION OF WAVE
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PARALLEL TO PLANE OF
POLARIZATION OF WAVE
FIG. 7-19. (a) Wave motion shows various types of polarization.
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Polarized
transmitters pass only that component of polarized wave motion which has its axis
parallel to their plane of polarization.