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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

Reflected light is polarised with its electric vector parallel to the plane of incidence

B

Reflected light is polarised with its electric vector perpendicular to the plane of incidence

C

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

D

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

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B

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