Consider a light beam incident from air to a glass slab at Brewster's angle as shown in figure.
A polaroid is placed in the path of the emergent ray at point P and rotated about an axis passing through the centre and pependicular to the plane of the plaroid.

Options

A. For a particular orientation, there shall be darkness as observed through the polaroid
B. The intensity of light as seen through the polaroid shall be independent of the rotation
C. The intensity of light as seen through the polaroid shall go through a minimum but not zero for two orientations of the polaroid
D. The intensity of light as seen through the polaroid shall go through a minimum for four orientations of the polaroid

Answer

C

Explanation

Consider the diagram the light beam is incident from air to the glass slab at Brewster’s angle `(I_(p))` . The incident ray is unpolarised and the reflected light is plane polarised represented by dots. Emergent ray is partially polarised.