Question

A beam of unpolarized light with a power of 1.0 mW passes through two ideal linear polarizers in series. An ideal polarizerabsorbs100% of the light perpendicular to itspolarization axis, and none of the light parallel to itspolarization axis. What should the angle between the polarization axes of the two polarizers be if you want the power emerging from the second polarize?

Answer 1

the axes of the two polarizers are aligned, the angle between this axis must be zero

Step-by-step explanation:

Polarizers are anisotropic systems where absorption is selective in each axis, in this case they indicate that on an axis they let 100% pass and perpendicular to this axis no light passes.

The first polarizer defines a direction of light that of its axis, it is said that the light is polarized, when this light reaches the second polarized, so that it can pass the axis must be in the direction of the polarized beam.

In summary, the axes of the two polarizers are aligned, the angle between this axis must be zero