Polarization

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Important Questions on Polarization

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n’ polarizing sheets are arranged such that each makes an angle 45° with the proceeding sheet. An unpolarized light of intensity I is incident into this arrangement. The output intensity is found to be I64 . The value of n will be:

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Two polaroids A and B are placed in such a way that the pass-axis of polaroids are perpendicular to each other. Now, another polaroid C is placed between A and B bisecting angle between them. If intensity of unpolarised light is I0 then intensity of transmitted light after passing through polaroid B will be :

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Unpolarised light is incident on the boundary between two dielectric media, whose dielectric constants are 2.8 (medium –1) and 6.8 (medium – 2), respectively. To satisfy the condition, so that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the angle of incidence should be tan-11+10θ12, the value of θ is ______.

(Given for dielectric media, μr=1)

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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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Given below are two statements :
Statement I : If the Brewster's angle for the light propagating from air to glass is θB, then Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is π2-θB.

Statement II : The Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is tan-1μg, where μg is the refractive index of glass.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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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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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 source of light is placed in front of a screen. The intensity of light on the screen is I. Two Polaroids P1 and P2 are so placed in between the source of light and screen that the intensity of light on the screen is I2. Then the P2, should be rotated by an angle of (degrees) so that the intensity of light on the screen becomes 3I8.

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An unpolarized light beam is incident on the polarizer of a polarization experiment and the intensity of light beam emerging from the analyzer is measured as 100 Lumens. Now, if the analyzer is rotated around the horizontal axis (direction of light) by 30° in clockwise direction, the intensity of emerging light will be _______Lumens.

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A beam of plane polarized light of large cross-sectional area and uniform intensity of 3.3 W m2 falls normally on a polarizer (cross-sectional area 3×104 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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In a Young's double slit experiment, three polarizers are kept as shown in the figure. The transmission axes of P1 and P2 are orthogonal to each other. The polarizer P3  covers both the slits with its transmission axis at 45° to those of P1  and P2. An unpolarized light of wavelength λ and intensity I0, is incident on P1, and P2. The intensity at a point after P3 where the path difference λ between the light waves from s1 and s2 is λ3, is

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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 principal plane makes an angle of 45° relative to that of A. The intensity of emergent light is :

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When unpolarized light is incident at an angle of 60° on a transparent medium from air. The reflected ray is completely polarized. The angle of refraction in the medium is

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When a polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed polaroids then the transmitted light intensity will be maximum for a rotation of :

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A polarizer - analyser set is adjusted such that the intensity of light coming out of the analyser is just 10% of the original intensity. Assuming that the polarizer - analyser set does not absorb any light, the angle by which the analyser needs to be rotated further, to reduce the output intensity to zero, is

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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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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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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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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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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 :