An electromagnetic beam has an intensity 16 W/m2 and is linearly polarized vertically. What is the intensity of the transmitted beam, if the angle of incidence on the polaroid is 45° with the vertical?

An electromagnetic beam has an intensity 16 W/m2 and is linearly polarized vertically. What is the intensity of the transmitted beam, if the angle of incidence on the polaroid is 45° with the vertical? Correct Answer 8 Wm-1

Here, Io = 16 Wm-2, θ = 45° Using Malus law, I = Iocos2θ I = 16 X cos245 I = 8 Wm-1.

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Consider a beam of light is incident on a glass slap of refractive index 1.54 is reflected from the surface with an angle of incidence 33°. Now if the reflected ray is passed through a polaroid as shown below, in such case which of the following statement is correct? (Given tan 57° = 1.54)  
Choose the correct expression of the malus law (Io is Intensity of incoming light, I is Intensity light passing through Polaroid and θ is polarizing angle):