Skylighter--Fireworks, wedding sparklers, pyrotechnic chemicals. Faraday Rotation (EPIC) This project recreates Faraday's 1845 experiment that revealed the fundamental nature of light: electromagnetic waves. History: • In 1845, Michael Faraday used a powerful electromagnet to rotate the polarization of a beam of light, unifying electromagnetic force with light in one of the most elegant and seminal experiments ever. • Two decades later, James Maxwell confirmed this with his classical electromagnetic equations which showed that light is actually an electromagnetic wave.
It wasn't until the 1960s, however, that Faraday rotation was modeled quantum-mechanically. • Today, this effect is called the Faraday effect or Faraday rotation. About this project: • A Faraday rotator is a device that rotates the plane of polarization of linearly polarized electromagnetic waves (such as visible light) passing through matter (a "dielectric" - an insulator) by applying a magnetic field parallel to the direction of propagation of the light.
. • It will cost a bare minimum of $150-200.
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