Unpolarized light with intensity I0 is incident on two polarizers as sketched in the figure below. Suppose the angle between the axes of the two polarizers is ? =66
Assuming that both polarizers are perfect, we use the law of Malus:
when the light is unpolarized, it may contain many types of
polarization, for different angles, then we take the average value
of
to express the first polarization as a function of
now use the law of malus for obtain the second polarization:
Unpolarized light with intensity I0 is incident on two polarizers as sketched in the figure below....
A beam of initially unpolarized light passes through a sequence of three ideal polarizers. The angle between the axes of the first and second polarizers is 20.5°, and the angle between the axes of the second and third polarizers is 50.7°. What is the ratio of the intensity of light emerging from the third polarizer, I3, to the intensity of light incident on the first polarizer, I0? I3 / I0 = ? 20.5 50.7 I
Unpolarized light passes through two polarizers whose transmission axes are at an angle of 25.0 ∘ with respect to each other. What fraction of the incident intensity is transmitted through the polarizers? I/I0 equals:
2. Initially unpolarized light with an intensity of 240W/m^2 is incident on a series of two polarizers. What should be the angle between the axes of the two polarizers such that the transmitted intensity after the second polarizer is 37.5% of the incident one?
You have two polarizers on an optical rail between an unpolarized light source (of intensity I0) and a detector. Polarizer 1 is oriented at an angle of θ1 = 40° from the horizontal, and polarizer 2 is oriented horizontally (θ2 = 0°). (a) What is the intensity of the light after it passes through only polarizer 1? Express your answer as a fraction or decimal in terms of I0 (i.e. I = 1⁄4 I0). (b) What is the intensity of...
Two polarizers reduce to intensity incident unpolarized light to only 10%. Calculate the angle both between 2 polarizers.
Unpolarized light with an intensity of 10.8 W/m2 is incident on a pair of polarizers. The transmission axis of the first polarizer makes an angle 39.3° to the vertical, while the transmission axis of the second polarizer is vertical. (b) Suppose the second polarizer is rotated so that its transmission axis is horizontal. What is the intensity of the light after it passes through both polarizers?
Unpolarized coherent plane waves of light of average intensity So are normally incident upon a series of two polarizers, passing first through P1 then P2. The intensity of the light emerging from P2 is (1/5)So. a) What is the intensity of the light between P1 and P2? b) What is the angle between the transmission axes of the two polarizers?
For the polarizers in the figure, suppose the incident light is linearly polarized, the transmitted intensity (through both polarizers) is 0.15×I0, and the axis of the second polarizer makes an angle θ=50° with the axis of the first polarizer. What is the angle (in degrees) the initial direction of polarization makes with the first polarizer? (Insert the number of degrees without unit.)
Unpolarized light is incident on a series of two Polaroid sheets. The intensity of the light emerging from the second sheet is 9.30% of the intensity of the light incident on the first sheet. Find the angle between the transmission axes of the two sheets.
A beam of initially unpolarized light passes through a sequence of three ideal polarizers. The angle between the axes of the and second polarizers, labeled P12, is 22.1° and the angle between the axes of the second and third polarizers, labeled 023, 53.3°. What is the ratio of the intensity of light emerging from the third polarizer, 13 , to the intensity of light incident on the first polarizer, I ? A beam of unpolarized light shines on a stack...