Malus' law

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physical_phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo polarized light
linear polarizer
gptkbp:describes intensity of polarized light after passing through a polarizer
gptkbp:field gptkb:optics
gptkbp:form I = I₀ cos²θ
gptkbp:I intensity after polarizer
gptkbp:I₀ initial intensity
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Étienne-Louis_Malus
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brewster's_angle
polarization
intensity modulation
gptkbp:usedIn polarization experiments
gptkbp:yearProposed 1809
gptkbp:θ angle between light polarization and polarizer axis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Strong's_experiment
gptkb:Étienne-Louis_Malus
gptkb:Physical_Optics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malus' law

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