Q.

A beam of unpolarised light of intensity I0 is passed through a polaroid A and then through another polaroid B which is oriented so that its principal plane makes an angle of 45o relative to that of A. The intensity of emergent light is                      [2024].

1 I0/4  
2 I0  
3 I0/2  
4 I0/8  

Ans.

(1)

I1=I02 and I2=I1cos2θ

=I02cos245°I2=I04