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Plane light is made up of waves with the same direction of vibration for all of them. Light can be polarised through reflection or passing through filters, such as crystals, that transmit vibration in one plane but not in others.

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Important Questions on Wave Optics

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A beam of unpolarised light of intensity I0 is passed through a polaroid A and then through another polaroid B which is oriented so that its principle plane makes an angle of 45 o relative to that of A. The intensity of the emergent light is:
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An unpolarised light beam of intensity 2I0 is passed through a polaroid P and then through another polaroid Q which is oriented in such a way that its passing axis makes an angle of 30° relative to that of P. The intensity of the emergent light is
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Unpolarised light of intensity 32 W m2 passes through the combination of three polaroids such that the pass axis of the last polaroids is perpendicular to that of the pass axis of first polaroids. If intensity of emerging light is 3 W m2, then the angle between pass axis of first two polaroids is _________°.
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Two circular linear polarisers are placed coaxially. The transmission axis of the first polariser is 30° from the vertical while the second one is at 60°, both in the clockwise sense. If an unpolarised beam of light of intensity, I=20 W m-2 is incident on this pair of polarisers, then the intensities I1 and I2 transmitted by the first and the second polarisers, respectively, will be close to,
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With the help of an experiment, state how will you identify whether a given beam of light is polarised or unpolarised.
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Two beams, A and B of plane polarized light with mutually perpendicular planes of polarization are seen through a polaroid. From the position when the beam A has maximum intensity (and beam B has zero intensity), a rotation of polaroid through 30o makes the two beams appear equally bright. If the initial intensities of the two beams are IA and IB respectively, then I A I B  equals :
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As shown in figures, three identical polaroids P1, P2 and P3 are placed one after another. The pass axis of P2 and P3 are inclined at angle of 60º and 90º with respect to axis of P1. The source S has an intensity of 256 W m-2. The intensity of light at point O is _____W m-2.

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A system of three polarizers P1,P2,P3 is set up such that the pass axis of P3 is crossed with respect to that of P1 . The pass axis of P2 is inclined at 60o to the pass axis of P3. When a beam of unpolarized light of intensity Io is incident on P1, the intensity of light transmitted by the three polarizers is I . The ratio Io/I equals (nearly):
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How will you distinguish experimentally between ordinary light and plane-polarized light?

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Write any two uses of polaroids.
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Unpolarized light of intensity I is incident on a system of two polarizers, A followed by B. The intensity of emergent light is I2 . If a third the polarizer C is placed between A and B the intensity of emergent light is reduced to I3 . The angle between the polarizers A and C is θ , then
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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 polarising angle for transparent medium is θ, v is the speed of light in that medium. Then the relation between θ and v is (c= velocity of light in air)
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Unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident on surface of a block of glass at Brewster's angle. In that case, which one of the following statements is true?
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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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The Brewsters angle ib for an interface should be
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A transparent medium shows relation i and r as shown. If the speed of light in vacuum is c, the Brewster angle for the medium is

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Why polaroids are used in sunglasses?
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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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A beam of light falls on a system of 4 polaroids, which are arranged in succession, such that the axis of each polaroids makes 30° with the axis of the preceding one. The fraction of the intensity of the incident light that passes through the system is