unpolarized
Adjective
Meaning
unpolarized (not comparable)
Not polarized.
Examples
An alternative decomposition is into completely polarized (zero determinant) and unpolarized (scaled identity matrix) components.
At any particular wavelength, partially polarized light can be statistically described as the superposition of a completely unpolarized component, and a completely polarized one.
Reduction of natural sky polarization Light pollution is mostly unpolarized, and its addition to moonlight results in a decreased polarization signal.
In this case the light is said to be unpolarized.
Since Jone's vectors refer to waves' amplitudes (rather than intensity ), when illuminated by unpolarized light the remaining power in the unwanted polarization will be (g 2 /g 1 ) 2 of the power in the intended polarization.
Therefore, the polarization state of reflected light (even if initially unpolarized) is generally changed.