wave-optics Question 37

Question: Q. 3. State Brewster’s law.

The value of Brewster’s angle for a transparent medium is different for light of different colours. Give reason.

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Solution:

Ans. When unpolarised light is incident on the surface two media, the reflected light gets (completely) polarized only when the reflected light and refracted light become perpendicular to each other. 1 If the student draws the diagram, as shown, and writes iB as the polarizing angle, award this 1 mark. If the student just writes μ=taniB award half mark only.

The refractive index of denser medium, with respect to rarer medium, is given by μ=taniB1/2 Since Refractive index ( μ ) of a transparent medium is different for different colours, hence Brewster’s angle is different for different colours.

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