Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Polarisation

Polarisation — practice question

A beam of light that is vertically polarised is directed normally at a polarising filter. The filter’s transmission axis makes an angle of $40^\circ$ with the horizontal. What is the ratio $\dfrac{\text{amplitude of transmitted beam}}{\text{amplitude of incident beam}}$?

  • A0.41
  • B0.59
  • C0.64
  • D0.77

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