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A beam of unpolarised light is incident on the boundary between two transparent media.If the reflected light is completely plane polarised,how is its direction related to the direction of the corresponding refracted light?

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MODERN PUBLICATION-Polarisation of Light-EXERCISE
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  2. Explain Polarisation. Explain the difference between polarised and unp...

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  5. Define the polarisation angle for polarisation by reflection.

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  9. Which special characteristic of ligth is demonstrated only by the phen...

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  10. State Brewster's law. Obtain the relation between the Brewster angle a...

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  11. Refractive index of waer is 1.33.Calculate the angle of polarisation f...

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  12. The refractive index of a material is sqrt3. What is the angle of refr...

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