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Plane polarised light of intensity 12Wm-2 is incident at a Polaroid.

Calculate the intensity of the transmitted light when the angle between the plane of polarisation of the incident light and the transmission axis of the Polaroid is

(a) 45°

Important Questions on Waves

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Plane polarised light of intensity 12Wm-2 is incident at a Polaroid.

Calculate the intensity of the transmitted light when the angle between the plane of polarisation of the incident light and the transmission axis of the Polaroid is

(b) 60°.

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Plane polarised light is incident at a Polaroid. Calculate the angle θ, which gives transmitted light of intensity 30% that of the incident intensity of light.
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Can you think of any applications of Malus's law?
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Make a list of some key words in this chapter. Ask a classmate to make a similar list. Now compare your lists. How good was your list? Did you miss out anything important? What things might you want more help with?
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This image shows the screen of an oscilloscope. The time-base of the oscilloscope is set at 500μsdiv-1 

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Calculate the time period of the signal and hence its frequency.

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(a) State two main properties of electromagnetic waves.

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(b) State one major difference between microwaves and radio waves.