Malus's law

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:optics
polarized light
gptkbp:describes intensity of polarized light after passing through a polarizer
gptkbp:field physics
gptkbp:firstPublished 1809
gptkbp:form I = I₀ cos²θ
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malus's law
gptkbp:I intensity after polarizer
gptkbp:I₀ initial intensity
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Étienne-Louis_Malus
gptkbp:relatedTo polarization
polarizer
gptkbp:θ angle between light polarization and polarizer axis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4