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Unpolarized light of intensity Io that is moving in the positive z direction encounters in order: 1. A quarter wave plate with slow axis along the y-direction and the fast axis along the x- direction. 2. A linear polarizer with transmission axis aligned with the x-axis. 3. A linear polarizer with transmission axis between the x and y axis that makes a 30 degree angle with the x-axis. What is the type of polarization and the intensity of the light that emerges? O Circularly polarized light of intensity I = 16/8 Linearly polarized light with E along x-axis with intensity I = 3% Circularly polarized light with intensity I = 3% Linearly polarized light with electric field vector between the x and y directions (30 degrees above the x-axis). The intensity is I = 14 Linearly polarized light with an electric field vector between the x and y directions (30 degrees above the x-axis). The intensity is I = 3 31