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  • (a) When an unpolarized light of intensity Io is passed through a polaroid, what is the intensity of the linearly polarized light? Does it depend on the orientation of the polaroid? Explain your answer. (b) A plane polarized beam of light is

(a) When an unpolarized light of intensity Io is passed through a polaroid, what is the intensity of the linearly polarized light? Does it depend on the orientation of the polaroid? Explain your answer.

(b) A plane polarized beam of light is passed through a polaroid. Show graphically the variation of the intensity of the transmitted light with angle of rotation of the polaroid in complete one rotation.

 

 
 
 
 
 

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a) The component perpendicular to the axis of polaroid is not passed through the polaroid

The intensity of linearly polarised light.

    I=\frac{I_{0}}{2}

It does not depend on the orientation.

(b) 

I=\frac{I_{0}}{2}\cos ^{2}\theta

       

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