An unpolarized beam of light has intensity lo. It is incident on two ideal polarizing sheets. The angle between the axes of polarization of these sheets is 0. Find 0 if the emerging light has intensity lo/4: sin ¹(1/√5) tan ¹(1/4) sin ¹(1/2) cos ¹(1/√2) cos ¹(1/2)

An unpolarized beam of light has intensity lo. It is incident on two ideal polarizing sheets. The angle between the axes of polarization of these sheets is 0. Find 0 if the emerging light has intensity lo/4: sin ¹(1/√5) tan ¹(1/4) sin ¹(1/2) cos ¹(1/√2) cos ¹(1/2)

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Chapter4: Diffraction

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