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Unpolarised light is incident from air on a plane surface of a meterial of refractive index `'mu'`. At a particular angle of incidence `'I'`, it is found that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other.
Which of the following options is correct for this situation?

A

(a) `i=tan^-1(1/mu)`

B

(b) Refracted light is polarized with its electric vector parallel to the plane of incidence

C

(c) `i=sin^-1(1/mu)`

D

(d) Refracted light is polarized with its electric vector perpendicular to the plane of incidence

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