Answer to Question #283081 in Optics for Nims

Question #283081

What is malus law?

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Malus law is a law in optics that defines how light of initial intensity "I_0" decreases the intensity to "I" after passing through two polarization films shifted by some radial angle "\\phi":

"I=I_0\\cos^2\\phi."

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