The first ideal linear polarizer transmits half of an unpolarized beam. Each subsequent polarizer is from the preceding transmitted polarization, so Malus's law gives
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Intensities, rather than coherent field amplitudes for different input polarization components, are averaged for the unpolarized beam. The output is polarized along the last polarizer's axis.

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