The light in Problem 62 travels toward a workbench and encounters two polarizing filters.
a. If the light passes first through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of from the z direction, and then through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of from the z direction, what is the final intensity of the transmitted light?
b. If, instead, the light passes first through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of from the z direction, and then through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of from the z direction, what is the final intensity of the transmitted light?
Problem 62:
Suppose you have a polarized light source in your lab that has an intensity of , where the electric field oscillates in the z direction. The light travels toward a workbench where you can send it through either one of two polarizing filters.
a. If the light passes through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of from the z direction, what is the intensity of the transmitted light?
b. If, instead, the light passes through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of 90.0° from the z direction, what is the intensity of the transmitted light?
