LP Intensity Reduction

• This set of two linear polarizers produces LP light. What is the final intensity?

  • First LP transmits 1/2 of the unpolarized light: I1 = 1/2 I0
  • Second LP projects out the E-field component parallel to the TA:

This Result is called the Law of Malus (for LP light incident on LP)

http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys112/fall97/acts/lect23/act23a/sld001.htm

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