be incident on the surface of water for the refractive light to be plane polarised?
help is appreciated!
it'd be really nice to get an explanation as well because i'm a little confused
help is appreciated!
it'd be really nice to get an explanation as well because i'm a little confused
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This can be worked out using Brewster's law stated as under.
"When a ray reflected from a surface of transparent object is totally plane polarized, the tangent of the angle of incidence (angle of polarization) is equal to the refractive index of the material of the object."
=> tan θp = 1.333
=> θp = arctan (1.333) = 53.12°.
"When a ray reflected from a surface of transparent object is totally plane polarized, the tangent of the angle of incidence (angle of polarization) is equal to the refractive index of the material of the object."
=> tan θp = 1.333
=> θp = arctan (1.333) = 53.12°.
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You probably need another angle? Like of the refracted ray.
cause n= sin i / sin r
So you have n, if have sin r then you can find out sin i using substitution
(Do you have a diagram maybe you have to measure it?)
cause n= sin i / sin r
So you have n, if have sin r then you can find out sin i using substitution
(Do you have a diagram maybe you have to measure it?)