Pressure effects on light polarization through plastic

[HorizonDelta]

Nice ! More tech on "Wonderful energy" by HorizonDelta ;-)

[sandallw03]

Surely the pressure is just causing the plastic to bend slightly, which would obviously have the effect of bending the light. Just like would happen if you bend a mirror or lens - it distorts the light?

[electronfighter]

nice

[nhojmabon]

This is pretty cool, 6 stars + subscribed. There must be some amazing applications for this effect. Thankyou memeome :) I'm guessing you're a Dawkins fan?

[pmokadakeisuke]

Interesting...

[pmokadakeisuke]

Could this be applied towards high precision pressure sensors? Or have people already done so?

[memeome]

Don't know. I saw something like this, to find the weak points in a structure under different forces. Searching with google seems that there are sensors using polarization.

[desinfector]

I was already thinking of some kind of microphone based on this effect.

Not for standard audio, but for geophones or so.

[RobotsAreHereNow]

cool