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Which outcome is expected in a double-slit experiment when performed with vertically polarized light incident on horizontally oriented polarizing filter?

A)No interference pattern is visible
B)Fringe spacing increases significantly
C)Bright fringes appear diminished
D)Diffraction pattern intensity remains

💡 Explanation

No interference occurs because **polarization extinction** blocks all light after the filter, because the incident vertical polarization is orthogonal to the filter's horizontal transmission axis. Therefore, there's no light reaching the screen, rather than modified interference patterns.

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