Problem 5 A vertically polarized photon is incident onto a polarizer with a transmission axis oriented an angle of 80 degrees counter-clockwise from the horizontal 1. What is the probability amplitude of the photon to go through the polarizer? 2. We now put a second polarizer that has a transmission axis oriented 10° clockwise from the transmission axis of the previous polarizer (a) What is the probability that an incident photon is transmitted through the two polarizers? (b) If we add a third polarizer after these two, find the orientation of its transmission axis so that no photon is transmitted
Problem 5 A vertically polarized photon is incident onto a polarizer with a transmission axis oriented an angle of 80 degrees counter-clockwise from the horizontal 1. What is the probability amplitude of the photon to go through the polarizer? 2. We now put a second polarizer that has a transmission axis oriented 10° clockwise from the transmission axis of the previous polarizer (a) What is the probability that an incident photon is transmitted through the two polarizers? (b) If we add a third polarizer after these two, find the orientation of its transmission axis so that no photon is transmitted
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A note on this problem is "this beamsplitter IS polarization sensitive"
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