An optical filter can be described by a Jones matrix

(a) Obtain the form of the emerging beam when the incident light is plane polarized at angle θ to the horizontal (see Problem 8.75).
(b) Deduce from the result of part (a) the nature of the filter.
(c) Confirm your deduction above with at least one other test.

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