Malus' law

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malus' law
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:Étienne-Louis_Malus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6