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Étienne-Louis Malus: Quick Facts

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Born June 23, 1775 • Paris • France
Died February 23, 1812 (aged 36) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study light • polarization

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Malus, engraving by A. Tardieu after a painting
Figure 5: Malus' experiment. Successive reflections at two unsilvered mirror surfaces, G1 and G2 (see text).
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