Choose the $CORRECT$ option for electric field components of unpolarized light passing through a polarizing sheet.

  • A
    An electric field component parallel to the polarizing direction is absorbed, and the component perpendicular to the polarizing direction is transmitted.
  • B
    An electric field component parallel to the polarizing direction is transmitted, and the component perpendicular to the polarizing direction is absorbed.
  • C
    An electric field component parallel to the polarizing direction is rotated through some angle, and the perpendicular component is transmitted.
  • D
    An electric field component parallel to the polarizing direction is transmitted, and the perpendicular component is rotated through some angle.

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