
Draw a sketch showing the incident, reflected and transmitted rays when light is incident at the polarising angle on a glass slab.

Important Questions on Polarisation of Light




What is the special utility of sunglasses made of Polaroids instead of coloured glass?

Copy the adjoining diagram and indicate the polarisation components (of electric field) on the reflected ray and refracted ray, by double arrows and/or dots.

What is the difference between the electric field vector at any point in the path of a linearly polarised light and that of an unpolarised light?

Does the value of the polarising angle for a transparent medium depend upon the wavelength (or colour) of light?
Light is incident on a block of glass at the polarising angle. How does this polarising angle vary with the wavelength of light?
