Unpolarised light is incident from air on a plane surface of a material of refractive index ' '. At a particular angle of incidence ' ', 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
- BReflected light is polarised with its electric vector perpendicular to the plane of incidence
- CReflected light is polarised with its electric vector parallel to the plane of incidence
- D
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
According to Brewster's Law, when the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the reflected light is completely plane-polarised.The angle of incidence is called the Brewster angle (), where .The electric vector of the reflected polarised light is perpendicular to the plane of incidence (parallel to the reflecting surface).