Optics Question 186

Question: A beam of plane polarized light falls normally on a polarizer of cross sectional area 3×104m2 . Flux of energy of incident ray in 10?3 W. The polarizer rotates with an angular frequency of 31.4 rad/sec. The energy of light passing through the polarizer per revolution will be

Options:

A) 10?4 Joule

B) 10?3 Joule

C) 10?2 Joule

D) 10?1 Joule

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

Using Matus law, I=I0cos2θ

As here polariser is rotating i.e. all the values of q are possible.

Iav=12π02πIdθ=12π02πI0cos2θdθ

On integration we get Iav=I02

where I0=EnergyArea × Time=pA=1033×104=103Wattm2

Iav=12×103=53Watt

and Time period T=2πω=2×3.1431.4=15sec

Energy of light passing through the polariser per revolution =Iav×Area×T

=53×3×104×15

=104J.



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