Lecture 15 - Polarization; Huygen’s Principle; Diffraction

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Waves in multiple dimensions can have "polarization" degrees of freedom; linear and circular polarization; anisotropic media; quarter-wave plate; plane waves and circular or spherical waves; diffraction.
Demonstrations: Michelson interferometer; single slit and double slit diffraction; refraction, transmission, and reflection of light; polarized light and quarter-wave plate

This lecture was recorded on November 19, 2019, in 201 East Bridge (Feynman Lecture Hall) at Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA.

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