A beam of vertically polarized linear light is perpendicularly incident on an ideal linear polarizer. Show that

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A beam of vertically polarized linear light is perpendicularly incident on an ideal linear polarizer. Show that if its transmission axis makes an angle of 60° with the vertical only 25% of the irradiance will be transmitted by the polarizer.

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Optics

ISBN: 978-0133977226

5th edition

Authors: Eugene Hecht

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