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A beam of plane polarized light falls normally on a polarizer of cross sectional area . 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

A
10 –4 Joule
B
10 –3 Joule
C
10 –2 Joule
D
10 –1 Joule

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The correct answer is:
A

Using Matus law,

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

On integration we get

where

∴ ∴

and Time period

∴ ∴ Energy of light passing through the polariser per revolution

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