The reflected light is found to be completely plane polarised when sun light is incident on water surface an angle of 42° with water surface. Determine angle of refraction and refractive index of water.

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Q: Unpolarized light passes through two ideal Polaroid sheets. The axis of the first is vertical and…

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Q: What angle would the axis of a polarizing filter need to make with the direction of polarized light…

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Q: When unpolarized light strikes an interface and the reflected beam is completely polarized, what…

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