A beam of unpolarized light of intensity Io is passed through a tourmaline crystal A and then through another tourmaline crystal B oriented so that its principal plane is parallel to that of A. If A is now rotated by 45'in a plane perpendicular to the direction of incident ray, the intensity of the emergent Iight will be
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a
I0/2
b
I0/2
c
I0
d
I0/4
answer is D.
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For unpolarised light I=I02cos2ϕ=I02cos2(π/4) ∴ I=I02×12=I04