You have three polarizers. If incident light is polarized at 30 degrees to the vertical, aligned with the transmission axis of polarizer B (which also has its transmission axis 30 degrees to the vertical), and polarizer C has transmission axis at 90 degrees to the vertical, in what order should the polarizers be placed for maximum intensity? Is there more than one answer?   Would it be A,B,C or B,A,C?

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You have three polarizers. If incident light is polarized at 30 degrees to the vertical, aligned with the transmission axis of polarizer B (which also has its transmission axis 30 degrees to the vertical), and polarizer C has transmission axis at 90 degrees to the vertical, in what order should the polarizers be placed for maximum intensity? Is there more than one answer?

 

Would it be A,B,C or B,A,C?

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