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Physics Question from JEE Main 2025 · 24 January, Shift 2

In a Young's double slit experiment, three polarizers are kept as shown in the figure. The transmission axes of P1P_1 and P2P_2 are orthogonal to each other. The polarizer P3P_3 covers both the slits with its transmission axis at 4545^\circ to those of P1P_1 and P2P_2. An unpolarized light of wavelength λ\lambda and intensity I0I_0 is incident on P1P_1 and P2P_2. The intensity at a point after P3P_3, where the path difference between the light waves from S1S_1 and S2S_2 is λ3\frac{\lambda}{3}, is:

Diagram of Young's double slit setup with two slits S1 and S2, polarizers P1 and P2 before the slits, and polarizer P3 covering both slits on the right.
  • A

    I0I_0

  • B

    I03\frac{I_0}{3}

  • C

    I02\frac{I_0}{2}

  • D

    I04\frac{I_0}{4}

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