If the incident light is unpolarized, about how much of the light intensity gets through a plane polarizer? (give the answer as a decimal number.)

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The light intensity gets through a plane polarizer  will be  

[tex]I=\dfrac{I_o}{2}[/tex]

What is polarization?

The polarization of light is defined as when a light coming from a source it oscillates in all perpendicular directions so when this light is passed through a polarizer then the light will oscillate only in one perpendicular direction other waves are blocked.

According to the law of Malus, the intensity of transmitted light after first polarizer is

[tex]I=I_oCos^2\phi[/tex]

where, Ф be the angle between the axis of polarizer and analyser.

As the mean value of Cos^Ф is 1/2, so the intensity of light transmitted from the first polarizer is

[tex]I=\dfrac{I_o}{2}[/tex]

Thus  the light intensity gets through a plane polarizer  will be  

[tex]I=\dfrac{I_o}{2}[/tex]

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