PH113
Solution to Quiz 8

Tuesday 5/03/16	Name
O205: periods 1, 2
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Unpolarized light of intensity I_o=8.00 W/m² enters a polarizer at normal incidence. The output beam then passes through an analyzer whose surface is parallel to the polarizer.

(a) What is the intensity of the light which emerges from the polarizer?



Ipolarizer=Io/2=4.00 W/m2


(b) Is the light which emerges from the polarizer unpolarized or polarized?
ANS: POLARIZED
(c) If the angle between the polarization directions of the polarizer and analyzer is 30.0^o, what is the intensity of the light which emerges from the analyzer?



Ianalyzer = (4.00 W)cos2(30.0o) = 3.00 W/m2

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