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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why are polarizers said to be crossed when transmitted light is at a minimum?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The intensity of the light that gets through two polarizers having @ as the angle between their polarizing directions is (cos @)^2, which goes to zero as @ goes to 90o, a right angle, crossed polarizations.

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