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Water is the only substance found naturally in all three states on Earth's surface.
An unpolarised light beam strikes a glass surface at Brewster’s angle. Then:
Both the reflected and refracted light will be completely polarised.
The reflected light will be completely polarised but the refracted light will be partially polarised.
The reflected light will be partially polarised.
The refracted light will be completely polarised.
To solve this problem, we need to understand the concept of Brewster's angle.Brewster's angle, is defined as the angle of incidence at which light is perfectlypolarized upon reflection. At this angle, the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicularto each other.The formula for Brewster's angle is given by:where is the refractive index of the medium from which the light is coming,and is the refractive index of the medium into which the light is entering.When unpolarized light strikes a surface at Brewster's angle:• The reflected light is completely polarized.• The refracted light is partially polarized, as it still contains components of bothpolarizations.Therefore, the correct option is:Option 2: The reflected light will be completely polarised but the refracted light will be partially polarised.This is because at Brewster's angle, the reflected light is polarized perpendicular to theplane of incidence, while the refracted light retains some degree of polarization parallelto the plane of incidence.
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