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Q.Light from a source is analysed by an analyser. When the analyser is rotated, the intensity of the emergent light :
(a) does not vary
(b) remains uniformly dark
(c) varies between maximum and zero
(d) varies between maximum and minimum
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →For linearly polarised light passed through a rotating analyser, the transmitted intensity varies smoothly from a maximum down to exactly zero and back, as described by Malus's law.
An analyser is essentially a polarising device used to test/analyse the state of polarisation of light. When plane-polarised light of intensity (polarised along a fixed direction) is incident on an analyser whose transmission axis makes angle with that direction, the intensity of the emergent (transmitted) light is given by Malus's law:
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