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Two Nicol prisms are oriented with their principal planes making an angle of 600 . The percentage of incident unpolarized light which passes through the system
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answer is 0012.50.
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Let say intensity of upolarized light is Io. Intensity of polarized light from first polarizer =Io 2 After second polaroid , as per Malus' Law I=Io 2cos2600=Io 8 hence, in percentage terms =Io 8 Io ×100 = 12.5%
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