INTERACTIVE EXAMPLE
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Polarization I


Unpolarized light travels through 2 linear polarizers. What (minimum) angle should the second polarizer be relative to the first polarizer (the difference between q1 and q2) so that the final intensity of light is 1/3 the original value?

|q2 - q1| = °