Polarisation
Polarisation: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Polaroids, Law of Malus, Polarisation by Reflection, Plane of Polarisation, Partially Polarised Light, Polarisation of Light Waves, Working of Polaroid and, Pass-Axis of a Polaroid
Important Questions on Polarisation
Briefly describe flow of an experiment to Demonstrate Transverse Nature of Light.








Assertion: The electromagnetic waves of all wavelengths can be polarise.
Reason: Polarization is independent of the wavelengths of electromagnetic waves.

Two polaroids are crossed to each other. When one of them is rotated through , then what percentage of the incident unpolarized light will be transmitted by the polaroids?

Plane polarized light is passed through a polaroid. On viewing through the polaroid, we find that when the polaroid is given one complete rotation about the direction of the light, one of the following is observed,

A ray of light strikes a glass plate at an angle . If the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the refractive index of the glass is:


What is plane polarised, partially polarised and unpolarized light?
