Polarization spectroscopy

Polarization spectroscopy is a type of study that scientists do to understand how light waves interact with and affect atoms and molecules. It can be used to investigate what makes atoms and molecules behave in different ways, like why one molecule might have a particular color when it absorbs light. To do this investigation scientists use something called a polarizer. A polarizer is a device that takes light and filters it so that it's more like a wave than a bunch of dots. The filtered light then passes through a sample, like a molecule, and the light that comes out on the other side will tell scientists a lot about the sample. For example, what kind of atoms and molecules are in the sample and how they're arranged. Polarization spectroscopy is a powerful technique for researchers to learn more about the properties of atoms and molecules.