Unpolarized light of intensity I₀ passes through a first polarizer and then through a second polarizer whose axis is at 60° to the first. A third polarizer is placed after the second. If the final intensity is I₀ ÷ 16, what is the acute angle between the second and third polarizer axes?

Physics · Wave Optics · polarisation

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Unpolarized light of intensity I₀ passes through a first polarizer and then through a second polarizer whose axis is at 60° to the first. A third polarizer is placed after the second. If the final intensity is I₀ ÷ 16, what is the acute angle between the second and third polarizer axes?

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