What is a polarizer and an analyser?

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(N/A) polarizer is a device (such as a polaroid sheet) used to convert unpolarized light into plane-polarized light.
An analyser is a device (such as a polaroid sheet) used to detect or determine the state of polarization of a given light beam.

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For light of intensity $I_0$,a polaroid is placed at an angle of $45^\circ$. What will be the intensity of the light passing through the polaroid after polarization?

The relation $I = I_0 \cos^2 \theta$ is known as (where $I_0$ is the intensity of incident light on the analyser,$I$ is the intensity of emergent light from the analyser,and $\theta$ is the angle between the plane of polarization and the axis of the analyser):

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$A$ polarized light of intensity $I_0$ is passed through another polarizer whose pass axis makes an angle of $60^o$ with the pass axis of the former. What is the intensity of emergent polarized light from the second polarizer?

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