How Do Polarized Sunglasses Work?!

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Many of us have polarized sunglasses, but how does an optical polarizer actually block light? It has to do with the polarization of electromagnetic waves and the vibration of atoms in transparent solids.
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@stevenmiller2820 4 года назад

The weirdest thing I’ve noticed while looking through polarized sunglasses is my brother, but I doubt that had to do anything with the polarization.

@alphastronghold4425 4 года назад

LOL, LMAO

@srsingh888 4 года назад

Haha!!

@aa_ron_dagreat8455 4 года назад

@prosperityx_TMC 3 года назад

@Jamal Joziah scamm, and the next comment is scam too... ../.

@ScienceAsylum 3 года назад

@@prosperityx_TMC They've been hiding underneath popular comments all over the channel (and my friend's channels). Thanks for letting everyone in this thread know. I've reported all of them as a spam.

@swolch Год назад

I accidentally discovered that rainbow light is highly polarized. I was driving home from a long day at work. Behind me was a clear and very sunny sky and ahead was a rather large rainstorm producing the most vivid rainbow I had ever seen. I was wearing my polarized sunglasses (if it wasn't clear from context) and like I said it was a long day so, without changing my gaze (I was driving after all) I stretched my neck to the side and suddenly the rainbow practically vanished. It completely shocked me and was totally unexpected. 🤩

@werallgnnadieintheend Год назад

Omg wow!

@EmpyreanLightASMR 2 дня назад

Re: rainbow: I hope to try this someday! In physics class, my partner noticed my Mac M1 laptop polarized into a deep purple, and his iPad polarized into black. We're curious as to why!

@andreasy870 3 года назад

finally, an explanation that truly explains how polarization of light actually works. thanks and subscribed

@Anomynous 2 года назад

late but yeah subbed too :-)

@robertsparkman8516 6 лет назад

Your animations are top notch now, great job!

@CaJoel 6 лет назад

Robert Sparkman ikr. He deserves way more views

@miyaku8902 6 лет назад

I realised that polarised glasses give you X-ray style vision into water at the beach on a hot summer day. It removes the glare coming off the surface and frees the view a few meters down. Found that endlessly fascinating. Sure the water must be clear.

@stellarfirefly 6 лет назад

The coolest thing to see through polarized sunglasses are stress patterns in materials, especially glass, and especially car rear windshield glass. For many modern cars, usually a checkerboard pattern may be seen when the polarization axis is at the correct orientation. (Tilt your glasses a bit if you don't see them right away.) This is due to the tempering, done to control fragmentation when the glass breaks, by blowing cool air onto its surface while it is still hot and being shaped. The checkerboard actually shows the location, and sometimes even the shape, of those cool air nozzles.

@ScienceAsylum 6 лет назад

I've seen this! It's a brilliant way to engineer parts. You can make it out of clear plastic first to see where the stress points are.

@buckrogers5331 5 лет назад

I cover my phone camera with my sunglasses to take better pics of clouds. ;-)

@maulwurf9414 5 лет назад

Buck Rogers wow good idea I think I will actually use that when I eventually have too

@zenomight9274 3 года назад

oh damn i didnt think about that

@divyanshipatel8570 2 года назад

Yeah good 💡

@darrellseike3185 3 года назад

I was looking at some high cirrus clouds made of ice crystals. The sun was above at just the proper angle that when I looked at them with polarized glasses, I saw a color light show in the clouds. Rainbows were interacting like a plasma fractal putting on such an incredible color show, my mouth was literally hanging open in complete awe. It looked like a psychedelic light show in the sky and went on for hours.

@christiansosa8189 6 лет назад

This channel needs more subscribers. As person who love these type of content, how has RU-vid hidden a creator such as you for so long ! Loving the vids

@brianwalker3798 6 лет назад

Nick! I just found you about a week ago, and I've subscribed and watched damn near everyone of your video's. And not one video have I not watched to the end. You are simply awesome at putting together these videos and more importantly explaining physics and science to a noob like me who has no education other than developing a super strong interest in physics in my late 30's. Please keep them coming. Thanks so much for what you do!!

@ScienceAsylum 6 лет назад

Glad you like them :-)

@johntate6537 6 лет назад

I have always loved the coloured patterns you get looking at things like transparent plastic boxes through polarisers.

@Kombivar 6 лет назад

the weirdest thing I noticed was actually by polarized filter in my camera while I was playing with near the river with sun in front of me, than I noticed that when the angle is perpendicular to the surface, than you can make a nice photos of the rocks and fishes beneath the surface :)

@TheDarkBrethren 6 лет назад

I remember when we studied polarised lenses in school, and I thought this would be an interesting replacement for blinds/curtains, and then I realised someome had already done it...

@vsiddharthv 5 лет назад

I broke the display of my iPhone and got it replaced. After replacing, I wasn't able to see anything on the screen with a polarized sunglass on and the phone in a portrait position. I was able to clearly able to the contents on the screen when I rotated it. Till now, I was thinking that the new display was a fraudulent one!

@ScienceAsylum 5 лет назад

Nope! Just a different design :-)

@macronencer 6 лет назад

Another excellent video. You always take the topic one step deeper than most popular science presentations, and you make it easy to follow as well. Thank you!

@ScienceAsylum 6 лет назад

It's nice to hear the depth is appreciated :-)

@edmundwoolliams1240 4 года назад

This is such a good explanation. I’ve never seen such a good explanation of this before

@RenatoOC91 6 лет назад

great video editing man! one of your best so far! making quality videos like this takes time but it'll be worth it! keep it up! I had a class in college that we used polarizers at 90º to each other to see residual tensions on acrilic components by puting the part between them and shining light through it. it was cool!

@ScienceAsylum 6 лет назад

Polarizers are useful like that.

@TheJohnblyth 6 лет назад

Excellent. That clears that up. You’re really good at this; keep ‘em coming.

@mastax1234 3 года назад

this was a really great video that explained this perfectly, always wondered how polarized lenses let you basically see through water. I use them when fishing every time, never go fishing without them. there is a reason all the pro bass catchers wear them, because it gives you an advantage when you can spot fish without a radar.

@kyzercube 6 лет назад

Nick, the most amazing thing I see with polarized glasses is the true dominant color of the daytime sky. With polarized glasses, the violet that we normally can't see, comes right out clearly visible and dominant in color.

@Phenom-rl5pr 3 года назад

Great video! 2 questions: 1. Do polarized Sunglasses protect your eyes from the sun's UV rays? 2. Are all polarized lenses the same? For example, a $10 polarized pair of sunglasses from the gas station versus a $200+ dollar Oakley or ray ban?

@chrisdevine4848 Год назад

1. Usually yes. But it's not the polarisation filter that does it. Glass offers a little UV protection anyway, but typically have an additional UV protection layer added to filter out the rest. Plastic lenses are actually better at filtering out UV inherently. 2. It depends. Here in the UK our sunglasses are marked with the UV rating, so it's entirely possible to find a cheap pair of sunglasses that are just as protective as an expensive pair. In terms of the polarisation filter, cheaper glasses are likely to have this applied to the front of the lense so are more prone to this wearing out over time. More expensive sunglasses will have the film sandwiched between two other layers so they'll last longer.

@lopypop 3 года назад

Whoa this is my first time on this channel and I love it! It's like @SmarterEveryDay meets Craig Middlebrooks from Parks and Rec

@toasty1717 6 лет назад

@The Science Asylum, How have you not reached 100k+ Subs yet? Love learning, keep it up!

@gabdraws7003 6 лет назад

I don't really have any sunglasses stories because I don't wear them often. But I just wanted to say since this is the first new video since I started following, after binging a number of your videos and noticing how virtually all of them have people saying you should have more followers, you have one more now. This is awesome stuff. Keep it up! Always excited for more

@ScienceAsylum 6 лет назад

Welcome :-)

@tdoubt100 5 лет назад

At last, a decent description of polarisation that I can understand! Many thanks Nick.

@tempname8263 6 лет назад

Finally a proper explanation of polarization! I cry the tears of joy.

@ahmedrahmy1142 6 лет назад

Great job Nick! :) Love your videos :)

@mrnade333 3 года назад

The weirdest thing I’ve noticed while looking through polarized sunglasses is on high end German cars you can see the film in between the windshields as purplish green color!

@jininggordon4497 6 лет назад

Wow my friend your on your way to 50k subscribers congrats 😀 & I love your videos very educational

@himanshushekhardas1730 5 лет назад

hats off to you man !!! great animation and explanation !!!

@santicruz4012 Год назад

I'm learning about polarimetry this semester and you just explained this brilliantly! Thanks :')

@ScienceAsylum Год назад

Glad I could help 🤓

@satanaz Год назад

great stuff! been looking for a video that really explained this phenomena for a while

@ScienceAsylum Год назад

Glad I could help! 🤓

@Cylon39 6 лет назад

So cool, I have always wondered about how these work, Thank you!

@Madmetroid99 6 лет назад

Thank you, I'm very interested in the photoelasticity phenomenon, so this video really helps understanding some basic things :)

@peteranthonydaniel 6 лет назад

love your work nick!

@sodiumvapor13 2 года назад

This channel always has a video of the strange phenomenon I'm curious about. keep it up nick!

@tommygibs1381 Год назад

I was motivated to look up this video because I just noticed that my polarized sunglasses allowed me to see much further while driving through blizzard conditions

@SeanOng 2 года назад

I have a degree in physics, but this helped me understand light polarization better - especially glare reduction. Thank you!

@johnrob2733 5 лет назад

I work out side and i love them I got some oklays , and i can see so much better it just makes everything look better

@buckrogers5331 4 года назад

Thanks! Wanted this answer a long time.

@applepie3701 6 лет назад

Woah just when I thought I knew everything about this topic. I was wrong. Nice videos keep it up!

@randomisedrandomness 6 лет назад

Recently I got my hands on the 3d cinema glasses and finally did the experiment with a mirror. Also when I move them like in 5:33 looking through them from the outside then it works, but when i look through them from the inside, then screen becomes yellow in one direction and blue in the other.

@riteshshinde3092 6 лет назад

Hey chandler keep up the good work love your videos and can't wait to see you cross 50k subscribers☺☺

@sarasara888 5 лет назад

Thanks! Very helpful 💗

@johncombs4858 4 года назад

When I was much younger I noticed spots when looking at water with sun glare only at certain angles. After having Lasik surgery polarized glasses have a smoky haze. I've always been able to see patterns in the polarized glasses but now it's just a haze that completely goes away with non polarized glasses.

@art1muz13 3 года назад

this is my first time on this channel and I love it!

@FlatEarthSwitzerland 5 лет назад

Absolute great work sir. Keep it up.

@MrHighvolt 6 лет назад

Please follow up with circular polarisation, and the quantum voodoo that happens with 3 polarizers !!!

@96shreyasvidwans14 6 лет назад

You are doing a great work. Keep it up!

@AliMuratSonel 6 лет назад

Best video so far about this subject.. Thumbs up 🙌

@AshimKundu 5 лет назад

Thanks for updating

@monkeymalletsvideos 6 лет назад

Super cool! Thanks!

@julesskodzinski8673 6 лет назад

Another concise explanation for something as common as sunglasses thanks

@foroozanfaraji594 Год назад

Thanks a lot for this fast and rich explanation.

@jcf20010 6 лет назад

Years ago when I was making my own telescope mirrors I learned a way of testing the glass to see if it was free of internal stresses. You take two polarizing filters, sunglasses will work, and turn them 90 degrees to each other and look at the glass blank and if you see a Maltese cross then the glass blank has internal stresses and should not be used.

@camiladuraes6655 Год назад

After finally a lot, I finally found a clear visual example. Thank you a lot.

@ScienceAsylum Год назад

Glad I could help 🤓

@craigsymalla25 6 лет назад

I noticed car windshields and Auto Glass have a checkered grid of dark spots on them when looking with polarized glasses. Why is that? Great vid btw.

@user-po6hn9id1t 6 лет назад

Craig Symalla loads

@marvnuts 6 лет назад

That glass has been tempered and the uneven cooling creates patterns in the glass. I'd guess those patterns create filters for light that are further filtered by your sunglasses.

@johntate6537 6 лет назад

I believe it is to do with stress. As ML says, the uneven cooling creates the pattern, specifically a pattern of variable stress. The stress then causes the glass to interact differently with polarised light at different locations in the glass. Polarised light and perspex models, that behave the same way in stress as glass, are used by some engineers to identify locations of great stress in e.g. an intended bridge design.

@shamik02M 6 лет назад

Why did I waste me time going to lectures when I could just watch Nick. These videos give me more of an intuitive feel for things which are otherwise just memorised. Many thanks to you sir.

@melontusk7358 4 года назад

This explains it perfectly, my goddamn teacher took an entire hour to make it make sense. I guess my professors' brainwaves are polarized in the direction those electron clouds in my neurons leave out.

@zhinkunakur4751 2 года назад

Good one bud XD

@IpremiumSsarcasmi 3 года назад

Thanks for teaching us general relativity.

@shaflyhamzah3848 5 лет назад

Amazing explanation!

@marktaylor4071 6 лет назад

Great topic, thanks for sharing!

@diiivcelindo4131 Год назад

Thank you! You helped me with a project as I don't have polarized sunglasses to test this out myself!

@ScienceAsylum Год назад

Glad I could help.

@kevinmetz206 6 лет назад

When wearing polarized sunglasses while using my Canon camera, viewing the LCD screen in landscape orientation and everything is all good. Looking at it in portrait orientation and "poof" everything disappears - its a blank screen.

@vishalsharma8383 2 года назад

Thanks to making such helpful video It cleared my concept for class 12th examination

@FatFingerJack 6 лет назад

Nick, I have a question for you and a possible next episode. What experiments could we do if we had a black hole in hand? (Meaning having it close enough to perform experiments but far enough not to have problem with it's effects) thank you!

@abundantharmony 10 месяцев назад

01:20 it's crazy you found a microphone small enough to capture the sound of an electron jumping to a higher energy level.

@ScienceAsylum 10 месяцев назад

😆 I was _shocked_ when I learned that's what they sounded like 😉

@syamsihanif5985 Год назад

Damn. Learned something new today. Thank You for the great explanation!

@pieter-basbeijer5781 5 лет назад

I cant see a single thing on my phone when its vertical, but when I turn it horizontal, everything is visible. My old Iphone's screen is visible from all angles but there's a funky rainbow pattern. My laptopscreen (thank god) is visible in the normal position but just black when I turn it 90 degrees. Cool stuff!

@evertonb3031 10 месяцев назад

The sun reflection of the cars are awesome

@unknown-mn9wo 3 года назад

great explanation !

@HiHello-jo8tp 4 года назад

the explanation of the vid is so clear

@ujjwalkumar6301 3 года назад

Your Concepts and Explanations Are Great much better than the Books. And Great Animations Tooo ...

@titanicstuff2103 4 года назад

Fabulous! I finally cleared out my doubts. Thanks a lot

@ScienceAsylum 4 года назад

Glad I could help! 🤓

@takemehomecountryroads657 4 года назад

This is the best explanation of polarization ever, and that's not even the title of the video. It's beaten MIT's lecture on this topic.

@rabingaihre7474 5 лет назад

Nice explanation!!!

@smhemant9111 6 лет назад

Amazing physics of our universe and greatly explained nick

@ErikKubica 4 года назад

the thing with the computer screen is really cool :D thanks made my day

@hulangamuwag.d3060 2 года назад

That was an awesome explanation.nice work mister 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@abderrahmaneyahiabey5521 6 лет назад

Great job thank you !

@mohammedal-haddad2652 4 года назад

To me the cool thing about this video is not about the polarization of light but how the glass does not actually passes light through instead its atoms absorb the light and re-emit the light again. At least this is what I understood from 2:00-2:35.

@ScienceAsylum 4 года назад

Indeed!

@satviksoni6764 6 лет назад

Your videos are so amazing and informative thanks so much for creating great content!!! Love from india

@kripashankarshukla4073 6 лет назад

I am very glad to see that you are making your videos. Please keep making them

@kinggodwise8119 6 лет назад

Great explanation

@rebeldirtbikealliancemotov9551 4 года назад

I could see a pattern on my cars front window screen of lines horizontal and vertical in a kind of monochrome colour pattern. With the sun glasses on. Good vid pal top effort gone in I can see.

@alhypo 2 года назад

I've found it's best not to wear polarizing sunglasses while mountain biking. The ground can have different surface conditions and sometimes they vary wildly from one section of trail to another. Being able to anticipate how grippy the surface is before I actually get to it is important when taking corners at high speed. Usually the best riding conditions are a day or two after it rains so the ground is wet but just starting to dry out. However, there is a situation that can occur where the trail seems to become "greasy". I don't know exactly why this happens but the coloration of the dirt can actually have a sort of sheen like you might get from an oil stain. I don't think there is actually oil on the trail. It's more like the mud itself takes on an oil-like property. But being able to spot the greasy dirt vs the grippy dirt is pretty important. But polarizing glasses essentially erase this information from your vision. The sheen completely vanishes unless you sort of tilt your head.

@arvindchauhan3824 5 лет назад

love this channel.... subscribed 👍

@evoxdream9101 4 года назад

once in awhile, one stumbles upon something worth keeping, kinda like a swiss knife, keep that cuz u never know when u might need something it offers... u sir is a swiss knife. u will become useful to me someday 100%. sub'd.

@hitanshioza6847 6 месяцев назад

How come there’s only one such video on polarisation on yt!?!??! Anyways this video was realllllly good and very helpful.

@nature1upclose 6 лет назад

Another great video.

@yahya.ibrahim 5 лет назад

great video, well explained

@nicolenew1708 Год назад

THANK YOU

@rguimatorres 2 года назад

One more time, thank you very much for the help!

@ScienceAsylum 2 года назад

You're welcome!

@ajeetrubiktutorial8039 2 года назад

Nice understanding

@MrThis1dude 6 лет назад

The weirdest thing I ever saw came from 3 polarized lenses and of course if you have one oriented 90° from the first it should block all light, but if you add a 3rd in between them at a 45° angle it let's light through the last one!