Optics 7 Question 3
3. A light wave is incident normally on a glass slab of refractive index 1.5. If of light gets reflected and the amplitude of the electric field of the incident light is , then the amplitude of the electric field for the wave propogating in the glass medium will be
(2019 Main, 12 Jan I)
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Solution:
- Energy of a light wave
Intensity of the light wave
Since, intensity
where,
Since, only