Question
Can an electromagnetic wave be polarised?
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Answer
An electromagnetic wave is a transverse wave, thus, it can be polarised. An unpolarised wave consists of many independent waves, whose planes of vibrations of electric and magnetic fields are randomly oriented. They are polarised by restricting the vibrations of the electric field vector or magnetic field vector in one direction only.
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