The intensity of transmitted light when a polaroid sheet, placed between two crossed polaroids at 22.5 from the polarization axis of one of the polaroids, is (I0 is the intensity of polarised light after passing through the first polaroid):
- I08
- I016
- I02
- I04
Answer
(1) I08
Solution
After the middle polaroid (at 22.5 to the first): I1 = I0 2 22.5
The third polaroid is at 90 - 22.5 = 67.5 to the middle one:
I = I0 2 22.5 2 67.5 = I0 2 22.5 2 22.5 = I04 2 45
I = I04 12 = I08
Answer: (1)