Polarisation

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Polarisation: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Polarisation of Light Waves, Terms in Polarisation, Role of Analyser & Application of Polaroids etc.

Important Questions on Polarisation

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The reflection index of water is 4/3 and that of glass 3/2. A beam of light travelling in water enters into glass. At the angle of incidence, the reflection ray will be pillorizedtan-11.3=48°

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Yellow light indicate on smooth surface of block of dense fliest glass for which refractive index is 1.66. Angle of refraction is ((if tan-1(1.66)=59°) 

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At what angle in degree will light travelling in air be completely polarised horizontally when reflected from water? (Use:nair=1nwater=1.33 and ncrown glass'=1.520)

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The reflected light will be linearly polarised:

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A polarized light of intensity 40 Wm-2 is incident on the analyser at a certain angle. if the transmitted beam has an intensity of 20 Wm-2, the angle made with the vertical is _____

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An unpolarized light can be polarized by _____.

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Linearly polarised light is obtained by _____ (Reflection/Refraction/Scattering/Dispersion) of light.

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Define the term "Linearly polarised light".

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A _____ is a device that allows only one half of the vibrations of the transmitted light to pass through the filter only in one plane. 

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Mention two application of polaroids.

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 What principle is responsible for the fact that certain sunglasses can reduce glare from reflected surfaces?

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What is Brewster angle?

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At polarising angle, the angle between the reflected ray and refracted ray from a surface is 90°.

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What do you mean by polarisation?

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The phenomenon of rotation of plane polarised light is called _____ activity.

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The phenomenon of rotation of plane polarised light is called optical activity.

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Suppose transmitted light waves coming from the analyser. SO, when will the coming waves changes?

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In what direction we can move the analyser in an experiment?

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Analyser can also act as polariser in a polarisation experiment.

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In the experiment of the polarisation, where do we have to put analyser?