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How Nicol prism is prepared?

Important Questions on Wave Optics

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Write definitions of plane of vibration and plane of polarisation.

Explain the working process to obtain plane polarised light by Nicol Prism.

Draw necessary diagram.

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A calcite crystal is placed over a dot on a piece of paper and rotated. On seeing through the calcite, one will see
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A wave of frequency =3 GHz, strikes a particle of size 1100th of λ, then this phenomenon is called as
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A ray of light travelling in impure water is incident on a glass plate immersed in it. When the angle of incidence is 51°, the reflected ray is totally plane polarized. Given that refractive index of impure water is 1.4. The refractive index of glass should be _____ tan51°=1.235
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If the light is polarized by reflection, then the angle between reflected and refracted light is
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In a stạck of three polarising sheets, the first and the third are crossed while the middle one has its axis at 45° to the axes of the other two. The fraction of intensity of an incident unpolarised beam of light that is transmitted by the stack is
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The Brewster's angle for air to water interface is
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A beam of plane polarized light of large cross-sectional area and uniform intensity of 3.3 W m–2 falls normally on a polarizer (cross-sectional area 3×10–4 m2), which rotates about its axis with an angular speed of 31.4 rad s-1. The energy of light passing through the polarizer per revolution, is close to:
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When the angle of incidence on a transparent material is 60°, the reflected light is completely polarised. The velocity of refracted ray inside the material is
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When an unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident on a polarizing sheet, the intensity of light which does not get transmitted is
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Unpolarized light of intensity I passes through an ideal polariser A. Another identical polariser B is placed behind A. The intensity of light beyond B is found to be I2. Now another identical polariser C is placed between A and B. The intensity beyond B is now found to be I8 . The angle between polariser A and C is
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When light passing through rotating nicol is observed, no change in intensity is seen. What inference can be drawn?
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What is the limitations of Nicol prism?
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A plate which induces the desired amount of phase difference between two rays is known as _____
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What is Nicol prism used for?
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Define plane polarised light?
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Discus about Nicol prism.
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. In the Nicol Prism experiment, the calcite crystal length is x times its breadth. What is x?
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Define Nicole prism.
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Light transmitted by a Nicol prism is: