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What is an unpolarized light? Explain with the help of suitable ray diagram how an unpolarized light can be polarized by reflection from a transparent medium. Write the expression for Brewster angle in terms of the refractive index of denser medium.

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Unpolarised light: The light having vibrations of electric field vector in all possible directions perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation is called the ordinary (or unpolarised) light

Diagram of unpolarized light

If unpolarised light falls on a transparent surface of refractive index n at a certain angle ip, called polarising angle, then reflected light is plane polarised with its electric vector perpendicular to the plane of incidence when the refracted and reflected rays make a right angle with each other. Brewster’s law: n = iptan.

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