Polarized sunglasses use the principle of Brewster's angle to reduce glare from the sun reflecting off horizontal surfaces such as water or road.

Polarized sunglasses may present some difficulties for pilots since reflections from water and other structures often used to gauge altitude may be removed, or instrument readings on liquid crystal displays may be blocked.

Polarized 3-D glasses only became practical after the invention of Polaroid plastic sheet polarizers by Edwin Land, who was privately demonstrating their use for projecting and viewing 3-D images in 1934.

Polarized light is represented by a Jones vector, and linear optical elements are represented by Jones matrices.

An ingenious navigation method is detailed in Viking Navigation Using the Sunstone, Polarized Light and the Horizon Board by Leif K. Karlsen.

Polarized relays were used in middle 20th Century telephone exchanges to detect faint pulses and correct telegraphic distortion.

A change in Kerr Rotation is most easily recognized in linearly polarized light, which can be separated into two Circularly polarized components: Left-Handed Circular Polarized ( LCP ) light and Right-Handed Circular Polarized ( RCP ) light.

Polarized light creates a very faint pattern near the center of the visual field, called Haidinger's brush.

Polarized light does interact with anisotropic materials, which is the basis for birefringence.

Polarized 3D glasses with suitable polarized filters ensure that each eye receives only the intended image.

Polarized 3-D only works on screens that maintain polarization ( such as silver screens ); a normal projection screen would cause depolarization which would void the effect.

* Polarized Light in Nature, G. P. Können, Translated by G. A. Beerling, Cambridge University, 1985, ISBN 0-521-25862-6.

* Polarized Light, Production and Use, William A. Shurcliff, Harvard University, 1962.

* Ellipsometry and Polarized Light, R. M. A. Azzam and N. M. Bashara, North-Holland, 1977, ISBN 0-444-87016-4

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Polarized 3D glasses allow for color 3D, while the red-blue lenses produce a dull black-and-white picture with red and blue fringes.

Polarized glasses are not necessarily UV protective, but aid with glare only )

* Polaroid sunglasses and Ambre Solaire sunblock both first marketed.

Tommaso Buscetta ( in sunglasses ), the first important pentito of Italian Mafia, escorted in a court of law.

In the first episode of the second season, titled " Enter Alexis ," the mysterious witness removes her sunglasses to reveal British actress Joan Collins as a new arrival to the series.

Zemeckis used footage of Glover filmed for the first movie in Back to the Future Part II ( Glover being billed as " George McFly in footage from Back to the Future " in the closing credits ) combined with new footage of Jeffrey Weissman wearing a false chin, nose and cheekbones, and various obfuscating methods – in the background, wearing sunglasses, rear shot, upside down – to play the role of George McFly.

The first Oakley sunglasses, Factory Pilot Eyeshades, were sport-oriented, resembling goggles.

Bret Hart was one of first superstars to make this popular as he would drape his signature sunglasses to a child in the audience.

In 1927, shortly before they moved to their final Philadelphia address, they became the first American manufacturer of sunglasses.

Assuming a civilian disguise in order to travel incognito, Cobra Commander was shown unmasked for the first time in the comic series, though only after he had donned obscuring accessories such as sunglasses and a false mustache.

A lean, athletic, attractive woman who appears at first glance to be wearing mirrored sunglasses, Molly has in fact had her eye sockets sealed with vision-enhancing mirrored lenses that were surgically attached to her face by the skilled black-market surgeons of Chiba City.

His first film role was as a supporting cast member in the classic 1967 film To Sir, with Love playing an East End pupil who always wears dark sunglasses indoors and out, followed by a few other minor roles before he decided to pursue a career in music instead.

However, in Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions, Agent Smith wears a black suit instead of a dark green one, angled sunglasses, instead of square sunglasses, and no earpiece unlike the other Agents, but he did have the same appearance and attire from the first film.

The band had their first number 1 hit in the UK singles chart with the album's first release, the upbeat Dakota, in which Kelly spent much of the video driving in dark sunglasses.

He usually makes fun of the character's tendency to always put on his sunglasses and say corny one-liners at the start of every episode ( followed by the first 2 – 3 seconds of the opening sequence ).

He was almost unrecognizable at first, with a new full beard, dark sunglasses, and nWo-styled biker attire.

In his first appearance in the anime, he disguises himself and keeps his identity a secret by wearing a big dark blue hat and big orange sunglasses ; in addition, he wears a toothy grin on his face.

" This first referred to their image, as they usually cruised the city in black mohair suits and dark sunglasses.

The two teamed up with Jeff Jarrett and adopted a " Southern Hired Gun " type of gimmick that saw them wear sharp suits and sunglasses and use their real names of Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight for the first time.

The alternate version of Superboy who took Luthor's life was shown wearing a black leather jacket and sunglasses which bears some resemblance to the Conner Kent version of Superboy as he first appeared in the " Death of Superman " storyline.

He was also visually striking, wearing a decidedly New Wave costume: a grey trenchcoat, silver-white shirt and slacks featureless except for a rainbow-thunderbolt insignia crossing the front torso, grey boots with thick rings encircling the ankles, a pair of narrow visor sunglasses ( though these glasses disappeared after the first few issues ) and grey-white hair cut into a flattop-mullet.

The group's first tour ( dubbed the " Time To Cat And Not Mouse " tour, since Watt had just finished touring, or " sidemousing " as he calls it, as a member of J Mascis and the Fog ) in the fall of 2001 was originally scheduled to start on September 11, 2001 ; Watt was in the process of leaving his apartment to pick up Trebotic and Watson when one of his friends called him and told him to turn on the news ; the night's opening date in San Francisco was postponed until the end of the tour, and Watt would perform each night's show on the tour wearing dark sunglasses in memory of the victims of the 9 / 11 attacks.

She drives to a road near the beach, where she gets off and begins to walk to the beach and starts to strip ; first she takes off her sunglasses, then her coat, and then her necklace.

Additional significant trends of the 1980s include Headbands, Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses ( popularized in the film " Top Gun "), Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses ( popularized in the films " Risky Business " and " The Blues Brothers "), Swatch watches, Slap bracelets ( popular fad among children, pre-teens and teenagers in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was available in a wide variety of patterns and colors ), and the Rubik's Cube ( became a popular fad throughout the decade ).

Bausch & Lomb became well known because of its popular Ray-Ban brand of sunglasses, which was sold in 1999 to the Italian Luxottica Group.

Adding sunglasses, a broom mustache, cigarette and a thick Italian accent, Sarducci became popular in a San Francisco nightclub.

Lucky Lehrer became a sunglasses seller and is still living in Southern California.

He is later seen wearing dark sunglasses which, together with his ability to be a master of disguise, became one of his main trademarks.

In this older form, Rock is often wearing a three-piece suit, a striped tie and dark sunglasses, the last of which became something of a trademark for him.