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A beam of unpolarized light is incident on the surface of a...
A beam of unpolarized light is incident on the surface of a transparent medium. It is observed that the reflected light is completely plane-polarized when the angle of incidence is . The angle of refraction in the medium is:
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Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
When unpolarized light is incident at the polarizing angle (Brewster's angle), the reflected light is completely plane-polarized.
According to Brewster's law, at the polarizing angle , the reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular.
Therefore, , where is the angle of refraction.
Given , we have:
Answer:
According to Brewster's law, at the polarizing angle , the reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular.
Therefore, , where is the angle of refraction.
Given , we have:
Answer: