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Principle:
Linear polarized light passes through
a polarization filter.
Transmitted light intensity is deter-
mined as a function of the angular
position of the polarization filter.
Corrected photo cell current as a function of the angular position of the po-
larization plane of the analyzer.
Tasks:
You can find more 1. The plane of polarization of a lin-
ear polarized laser beam is to be
advanced optics determined.
in this brochure 2. The intensity of the light transmit-
ted by the polarization filter is to
Order No. 00117.02 be determined as a function of the
angular position of the filter.
(see page 121) 3. Malus law must be verified.
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Fig. 2: Geometry for the determination of transmitted light Fig. 4: Normalized photo cell current as a function of cos2 X.
intensity.
Fig. 3 shows the photo cell current after background correc- Fig. 4 shows the normalized and corrected photo cell currents
tion (this is a measure for the transmitted light intensity) as a as a function of the angular position of the analyzer. Malus's
function of the angular position of the polarization plane of the law is verified by the initial line's 45 slope (Note: to determi-
analyzer. The intensity peak for X = 50 shows that the pola- ne Malus' line in Fig. 4, an angular setting of 50 of the analy-
rization plane of the emitted laser beam has already been rota- zer must be considered for X = 0).
ted by this angle against the vertical.
Fig. 3: Corrected photo cell current as a function of the angular position X of the polarization plane of the analyzer.
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