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Speculate as to s1at physical process might be responsible for light traveling more slowly in a medium than in a vacuum.
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Unpolarized light with intensity 1.25 kW/m^2 passes through a horizontally oriented polarizer. Theoutput of that polarizer is then passed through a second polarizer oriented at 35° relative to thehorizontal. What is the intensity of the light after passing through both?
Plane-polarized light is incident on a single polarizing disk with the direction of En parallel to the direction of the transmission axis. Through what angle should the disk be rotated so that the intensity in the transmitted beam is reduced by a factor of:
(a) 3.40
(b) 5.40
(c) 11.8
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