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Grade 12Wave Motion

unpolarised light of intensity I is incident on polaroid P1 which is kept near another polaroid P2 whose pass axis is parallel to that of P1 .How will intensity of light I1 & I2 transmitted by polaroids P1& P2 respectively change on rotating P1 without disturbing P2.write relation between I1 & I2.

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
POLARIZATION OF EM WAVE MEANS DIRECTION OF ELECTRIC FIELD IN WAVE--
INTENSITY IS DIRECTLY proportional TO SEQURE OF ELECTRIC FIELD VECTOR
WHEN FIRST POLAROID IS ROTATED BY AN ANGLE (A) ELECTRIC FIELD THAT PASS THROUGH POLAROID CONTAIN ONLY A SINGLE COMPONENT OF IT . SO INTENSITY BECOME
I1 = I0 COS2A
SIMILARY WE CAN SOLVE FOR SECOND POLAROID