A two polaroid system is set up with the transmission
axis of the second polaroid at 90.0° counterclockwise from the
vertical. A plane-polarised light beam with its polarization
direction parallel to the vertical is sent through the system and
its final transmitted light is only 13.5% of the initial
intensity.
(a) Determine two possible angles of the first polaroid measured
counterclockwise from its vertical.
(b) With the polaroid system unchanged, compare the final
transmitted light intensity if an unpolarised light beam of same
intensity is used.
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