A particular beam of light, with an intensity of 440W/m2, is linearly polarized at an angle of +5.00° to thevertical. You have three polarizers, which have their transmissionaxes aligned as follows:
Polarizer A - the transmission axis is at +19.0° to thevertical;
Polarizer B - the transmission axis is at +72.0° to thevertical;
Polarizer C - the transmission axis is at +25.0° to thevertical.
You will select two of these polarizers, and have the light passthrough one and then the other.
(a) If you want to maximize the intensity of the light emergingfrom the second polarizer, which two polarizers should you select,and in what order should the light pass through them?
(b) For the situation in (a), when you maximize the intensity ofthe light emerging from the second polarizer, what is thatintensity?
___________ W/m2
(c) If, instead, you want to minimize the intensity of the lightemerging from the second polarizer, which two polarizers should youselect, and in what order should the light pass through them?
(d) For the situation in (c), when you minimize the intensity ofthe light emerging from the second polarizer, what is thatintensity?
____________ W/m2
For the remaining parts of the problem, we now replace the originalpolarized light by unpolarized light of the same intensity. Forreference, the intensity is 440 W/m2, and the threepolarizers have their transmission axes aligned as follows:
Polarizer A - the transmission axis is at +19.0° to thevertical;
Polarizer B - the transmission axis is at +72.0° to thevertical;
Polarizer C - the transmission axis is at +25.0° to thevertical.
(e) If you want to maximize the intensity of the light emergingfrom the second polarizer, which two polarizers should you select,and in what order should the light pass through them?
(f) For the situation in (e), when you maximize the intensity ofthe light emerging from the second polarizer, what is thatintensity?
___________ W/m2
(g) If, instead, you want to minimize the intensity of the lightemerging from the second polarizer, which two polarizers should youselect, and in what order should the light pass through them?
(h) For the situation in (g), when you minimize the intensity ofthe light emerging from the second polarizer, what is thatintensity?
____________ W/m2
