Polarizers can be made based on the principle of Brewster angle. In Fig. 2, a light ray (with 50% s-polarized light and 50% p-polarized light) is incident from material 1 (ni 1.33) on a flat layer of material 2 that has an index of refraction n2 = 1.5. Beneath 1.0. The ray of light reflected material 2 is material 3 with an index of refraction n3 = into material 1 happens to be the linearly polarized light. (a) What is the angle of 01? (b) Is the light reflected from the boundary between material 2 and material 3 linearly polarized? If not, with what 02 angle, the reflected light will be linearly polarized. (c) If the reflected light in the boundary of material 2 and material 3 is also linearly polarized, how much light is finally refracted into material 3? Ni n2 n3 Figure 2

Polarizers can be made based on the principle of Brewster angle. In Fig. 2, a light ray (with 50% s-polarized light and 50% p-polarized light) is incident from material 1 (ni 1.33) on a flat layer of material 2 that has an index of refraction n2 = 1.5. Beneath 1.0. The ray of light reflected material 2 is material 3 with an index of refraction n3 = into material 1 happens to be the linearly polarized light. (a) What is the angle of 01? (b) Is the light reflected from the boundary between material 2 and material 3 linearly polarized? If not, with what 02 angle, the reflected light will be linearly polarized. (c) If the reflected light in the boundary of material 2 and material 3 is also linearly polarized, how much light is finally refracted into material 3? Ni n2 n3 Figure 2

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