Polarisation

Polarisation. Choose the Polarisers to see the effect on the incoming wave. This is a highly simplified simulation. The incoming wave is an unpolarised wave of one sort. Imagine they are all electric fields and the magnetic fields are not shown.

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It looks like this…

The gif is demonstrating a version of the stroboscopic effect! 🙂

Nodes and Antinodes

Two point sources. Move the mouse to investigate the waves at that point.

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It looks like this…

Huygen’s Wave Simulation

Click here to open the simulation. It is simplified to help learn the concept, so for example, there are no reflections. Each particle only has a single pulse at a time rather than a continuous wave.

It looks like this…