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Under what conditions will the polarizing angle be smaller than 45°?

Under what conditions will the polarizing angle be smaller than 45°?

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Under what conditions will the polarizing angle be smaller than 45°?
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Introduction:
  • When light strikes a surface and there is a 90o degree angle formed between the reflected and refracted rays, the reflected light will be linearly polarized.

 

  • The angle of incidence at which this takes place is called the Brewster angle. Brewster angle is given by,

θP=tan−1(nfni)

Here ni is the refractive index of the initial medium light takes and nf is the refractive index of the final medium light takes.

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