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When unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass  at the polarizing angle

a)

Reflected beam is polarized 100 percent

b)

Reflected and refracted beams are partially polarized

c)

The reason for (a) is that almost all the light is reflected

d)

All of the above



Question ID - 150106 | SaraNextGen Top Answer

When unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass  at the polarizing angle

a)

Reflected beam is polarized 100 percent

b)

Reflected and refracted beams are partially polarized

c)

The reason for (a) is that almost all the light is reflected

d)

All of the above

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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(a)

According to Brewster’s law, when a beam of ordinary light (  unpolarised) is reflected from a transparent medium (like glass), the reflected light is completely plane polarized at certain angle of incidence called the angle of polarization

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