Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Polarisation

Polarisation — practice question

A beam of vertically polarised light with amplitude $A$ strikes a polarising filter at normal incidence. The filter’s transmission axis makes an angle of $50^{\circ}$ with the vertical. What is the amplitude of the light in the beam after it has passed through the filter?

  • A$0.17A$
  • B$0.41A$
  • C$0.64A$
  • D$0.80A$

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