What is a polarizer and an analyser?

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(N/A) polarizer is a device (such as a polaroid sheet) used to convert unpolarized light into plane-polarized light.
An analyser is a device (such as a polaroid sheet) used to detect or determine the state of polarization of a given light beam.

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