Tag: polarisation
Questions Related to polarisation
The angle of incidence at which reflected light is totally polarised for reflection from air to glass (refractive index n) is :
A light ray is incident on a transparent medium of $\mu =$ 1.732 at the polarizing angle. The angle of refraction is :
The critical angle for total internal reflection for a substance is $45^{\circ}$. The polarizing angle for this substance is ($\tan 54^{\circ}44'=\sqrt{2}$) :
ASSERTION (A):Hyugens' theory failed to explain polarization
REASON (R): According to Hyugens' theory light is longitudinal wave
According to Maxwell , most of the optical properties of light depend on
Identify which of the following should be used for polarised light waves?
I. Sunglasses
II. Remove ultraviolet light
III. Reveal stress patterns
Light waves exhibit polarization but sound waves do not exhibit polarization because they are not:
Making a light wave vibrate in only one plane is known as :
Why do polarized sun glasses block out some reflected light (glare), but do not block out light that has not been reflected?