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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

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In case of polarised light, what is meant by the ‘plane of polarisation’?
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Find refractive index of glass, if its polarising angle is 60°.
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State one use of a Polaroid.
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How will you identify experimentally whether a given beam of light is plane polarised or unpolarised?
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What is the special utility of sunglasses made of Polaroids instead of coloured glass?

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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.

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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?

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Does the value of the polarising angle ip for a transparent medium depend upon the wavelength λ(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?