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Unpolarized light passes through two polarizers whose transmission axes are at an angle of 28.7 ° with respect to each other. What fraction of the incident intensity is transmitted through the polarizers?

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The solution shows how to calculate the fraction of the incident intensity is transmitted through the polarizers using Malus's law.

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Assume the initial light intensity is I0.

After the unpolarized light passing through the first linear polarizer, the ...

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