The polarization of a helium-neon laser can change with time. The light from a 1.5 mW laser

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The polarization of a helium-neon laser can change with time. The light from a 1.5 mW laser is initially horizontally polarized; as the laser warms up, the light changes to be vertically polarized. Suppose the laser beam passes through a polarizer whose axis is 30° from horizontal. By what percent does the light intensity transmitted through the polarizer decrease as the laser warms up?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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