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If a light beam shows no intensity variation when transmitted through a polarised, which is rotated, does it mean that light is unpolarized ? |
| Answer» No, not necessarily. For example, consider light which is made up of electric field components `E_(x), E_(y)` with a `90^(@)` phase difference but equal amplitudes. The tip of electric vector executes uniform circular motion at the frequency of the light itself. This kind of light is said to be circularly polarized. When such light is passed through a polaroid, which is rotated, the transmitted average intensity remains constant. | |