Light traveling in a medium with a refractive index 1.37 is incident on a plate of another medium with index of refraction 2.02. At what angle of incidence is the reflected light fully polarized? Number Units Use correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is +/-1 in the 3rd significant digit

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Light traveling in a medium with a refractive index 1.37 is incident on a plate of another medium with index of refraction 2.02. At
what angle of incidence is the reflected light fully polarized?
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Use correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is +/-1 in the 3rd significant digit
Transcribed Image Text:Light traveling in a medium with a refractive index 1.37 is incident on a plate of another medium with index of refraction 2.02. At what angle of incidence is the reflected light fully polarized? Number Units Use correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is +/-1 in the 3rd significant digit
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Given:

  • The refractive index of medium 1 is n1=1.37.
  • The refractive index of medium 2 is n2=2.02

It is known from the Brewster's rule that for a light to be 100 % polarized then it is refracted at an angle 90o to the refracted light and the angle of incidence θ is given by:

tanθ=n2n1

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