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Physics HL Paper 1 (May 2024, TZ2)

  1. Unpolarized light is incident on two polarizers X and Y. The transmission axis of X is vertical and that of Y is horizontal. [Figure shows unpolarized light incident on vertical polarizer X and horizontal polarizer Y.]

Polarizer Z can be placed
I. before polarizer X.
II. between polarizer X and Y.
III. after polarizer Y.

The transmission axis of Z makes an angle of 45° with those of X and Y.

At which positions for Z will no light be transmitted?

two polarizers X (vertical) and Y (horizontal)