Materials2026-04-181 minarXiv:2604.16934expressHow Strain Changes LightLight from thin semiconductor layers can be polarized: its waves oscillate in a single plane. Previously, it was thought that the direction of oscillation was set by how the sample was illuminated.Yuto Urano·Ryo Tamura·Yui Tamogami·Toshikaze Kariyado·Yasumitsu Miyata·Daichi Kozawa·Kenji Watanabe·Takashi Taniguchi·Ryo KitauraMalus's lawJames Clerk MaxwellAlan Guthpolarizationpolarimetryrefractive indexspectroscopy👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced