ANALYSIS

For the first part of the experiment, light intensity was measured using
the inverse square law. Light intensity is the rate at which radiant energy is
spread out on a given area. Inverse square law is the comparison of the
intensities of two different locations illuminated by a single point source of
light:

I 1 r 21
I 2 . It was observed as shown in Table 1 with the title Inverse

Square Law, that if the light source is near to the photometer it makes the
indicator brighter. In the first part of the experiment we must balance
the brightness of the indicator; since the distance of first light source is fixed
it produces the same brightness in one side of the indicator, and if the
second light source becomes dimmer it must be placed closer to the
photometer.

For the second part, the light transmittance was observed using a
polarizer adjusted at certain angles. It was observed as seen from Table 2
with the title Polarizer that if the axes of the first and second polarizer were
positioned such that the angle between them is 0 o, all the light will be
transmitted to the second polarizer. It was also noted that if the two axes of
the polarizers were adjusted such that the angle between them is 90 o, no
light will be transmitted to the second polarizer. However, positioning the two
axes between 0o and 90o will have some of the light transmitted through the
second polarizer.
The neutral density filter is dependent to the transmittance while the
polarizer is dependent to the orientation. If the neutral density filter is at
100% transmittance and if the polarizer is at 0degrees they can produce
equal intensity of light at equal distance.3.
The most obvious source of error in this experiment is the smudges
and scratches on the neutral density filter. It decreases the transmittance of
light passing through this material, this is the main reason why the
experimental value (r2) observed is smaller than the computed value.
CONCLUSION

In this experiment, the basic photometry was shown.

The
phenomenon of inverse square law and polarization was explored. It was
observed in this experiment the phenomena of inverse square law which
means that the intensity of light that reaches the photometer is inversely
proportional to the square of the distance between the sources of light.
Example, the intensity of light that the eye can see is greater if the person is
near the source of light. Another part of this experiment is polarization,
which uses a polarizer, an instrument that regulates the electromagnetic
wave in a certain plane. If the angle between the two polarizer increases the
wave passing through it decreases. This experiment helped me understand
the relationships between the light transmitted and the distances of light
sources and also the orientation of the axes in polarization.