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unpolarized light of intensity io is incident on a polarizer analyzer pair. 1)If

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Question

unpolarized light of intensity io is incident on a polarizer analyzer pair. 1)If the angle between the polarizer and analyzer is 37degrees, what light intensity would be transmitted through the polarizer and the analyzer, respectively? Enter your answers numerically separated by a comma. Ip,Ia=.... I0 2) What if the angle is 53degrees? Enter your answers numerically separated by a comma. Ip,Ia=.... I0 unpolarized light of intensity io is incident on a polarizer analyzer pair. 1)If the angle between the polarizer and analyzer is 37degrees, what light intensity would be transmitted through the polarizer and the analyzer, respectively? Enter your answers numerically separated by a comma. Ip,Ia=.... I0 2) What if the angle is 53degrees? Enter your answers numerically separated by a comma. Ip,Ia=.... I0 2) What if the angle is 53degrees? Enter your answers numerically separated by a comma. Ip,Ia=.... I0

Explanation / Answer

The polarizer cuts the intensity into half.

Ip = 0.5 Io   [ANSWER]

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The analyzer multiplies the intensity by cos^2 37. Thus,

Ia = 0.5 cos^2 37 Io

Ia = 0.3189 Io   [ANSWER]

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PART B:

Similarly,

Ia = 0.5 Io

Ip = 0.5 cos^2 53 Io = 0.1811 Io   [ANSWER]