PHY294 Polarization of Light

Data analysis for Malus's Law and Brewster's Law

polarization_ex1.py: Malus's Law (2 Polarizers)

• cos and cos² fits
• Plots residuals and calculates reduced chi-squared

polarization_ex2.py: Malus's Law (3 Polarizers)

• sin and sin² fits
• Plots residuals and calculates reduced chi-squared

polarization_ex3.py: Brewster's Law