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A beam of unpolarised light is incident from air onto a transparent...
A beam of unpolarised light is incident from air onto a transparent glass slab. It is observed that the reflected light is completely plane-polarised. If the angle of refraction is , the refractive index of the glass is:
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Correct answer
D.
Step-by-step solution
Since the reflected light is completely plane-polarised, the light must be incident at Brewster's angle ().
At Brewster's angle, the reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular, which gives the relation:
Given the angle of refraction :
According to Brewster's law, the refractive index of the medium is given by:
Answer:
At Brewster's angle, the reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular, which gives the relation:
Given the angle of refraction :
According to Brewster's law, the refractive index of the medium is given by:
Answer: