Two ideal polaroid sheets are arranged so that the angle between the pass-axis of the two sheets is 0. An unpolarised beam of light of intensity lo is incident on one of the polaroids. If the intensity of light emerging from the other polaroid is lo / 4, the angle 0 is:

Two ideal polaroid sheets are arranged so that the angle between the pass-axis of the two sheets is 0. An unpolarised beam of light of intensity lo is incident on one of the polaroids. If the intensity of light emerging from the other polaroid is lo / 4, the angle 0 is:

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Two ideal polaroid sheets are arranged so that
the angle between the pass-axis of the two
sheets is 0. An unpolarised beam of light of
intensity lo is incident on one of the polaroids. If
the intensity of light emerging from the other
polaroid is lo / 4, the angle 0 is:

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