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Is just because lights out of QWP become unpolarized so 0.5*0.5 = 0.25?
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How does light passing through a QWP become unpolarized?
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http://i.imgur.com/awJgh.png
Is just because lights out of QWP become unpolarized so 0.5*0.5 = 0.25?
Thanks!
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Half the light makes it past the first polarizer, to figure out how much gets past the second see,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizer#Malus.27_law_and_other_properties
Hope this helps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizer#Malus.27_law_and_other_properties
Hope this helps.