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NEET 2017
Exam
NEET
Year
2017
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Wave Optics

NEET 2017 · Physics · Wave Optics

Two Polaroids P _ 1 and P _ 2 are placed with their axis...

Two Polaroids P1{P}_{1} and P2{P}_{2} are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light with intensity I0{I}_{0} is incident on P1{P}_{1}. A third polaroid P3{P}_{3} is kept in between P1{P}_{1} and P2{P}_{2} such that its axis makes an angle 45o{45}^{\text{o}} with that of P1{P}_{1}. The intensity of transmitted light through P2{P}_{2} isTwo Polaroids P _ 1 and P _ 2 are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light with intensity

Options

  1. AI02\dfrac{{I}_{0}}{2}
  2. BI04\dfrac{{I}_{0}}{4}
  3. CI08\dfrac{{I}_{0}}{8}
  4. DI016\dfrac{{I}_{0}}{16}

Correct answer

C. I08\dfrac{{I}_{0}}{8}

Step-by-step solution

By Malus law, the intensity of transmitted light via P1{P}_{1} is I1=I02{I}_{1} = \dfrac{{I}_{0}}{2}

Two Polaroids P _ 1 and P _ 2 are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light with intensity
The intensity of light transmitted through P3{P}_{3} as obtained from the above figure is I2=I02cos⁡245o{I}_{2} = \dfrac{{I}_{0}}{2}\cos^{2} {45}^{o}

=I02×12= \dfrac{{I}_{0}}{2} \times \dfrac{1}{2}

=I04= \dfrac{{I}_{0}}{4}

Intensity of light transmitted via P2{P}_{2} is I3=I04cos⁡245o{I}_{3} = \dfrac{{I}_{0}}{4}\cos^{2} {45}^{o}

I3=I08{I}_{3} = \dfrac{{I}_{0}}{8}
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