Most of the glare from nonmetallic surfaces is polarized, the axis of polarization being parallel to that of the reflecting surface. Would you expect the polarization axis of Polaroid sunglasses to be horizontal or vertical? Why?

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Q: 2 3. 4. 5. The speed of red light in glass A is faster than in glass B. Which of the following…

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Q: You are wearing vertically polarized sunglasses and you notice that a horizontal surface has no…

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Q: d B with planes of polarization perpendicular to each other are analyzed by an analyzer. In one…

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Q: It has been proposed that automobile windshields and headlights should have polarizing filters to…

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Q: At what angle of incidence is sunlight reflected from the surface of a lake when it is fully…

A: The refractive index of lake water is given by n=1.333

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A: Assume that the both the Polaroids are vertical. The incoming is not polarized so that it will have…

Q: No light passes through two perfect polarizing filters with perpendicular axes. However, if a third…

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Q: Which of the following statements about light wave is FALSE

A: When an unpolarized light passes through a polarizing filter the intensity is reduced. The angle of…

Q: At what angle of incidence is sunlight completely polarized upon being reflected from the surface…

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Q: The transmission axes of two polarizing sheets are initially parallel.  Through what angle must the…

A: let I0 be the intensity of the unpolarized light Intensity after passing through the first polaroid…

Q: Why may an ideal Polaroid filter transmit anything from zero to 100% of incident polarized light?

A: If the sheet is aligned with the polarization of the light, all the light obtains through. When…

Q: Light that is traveling in water (with an index of refraction of 1.33) is incident on a plate of…

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Q: Light traveling in a medium with a refractive index 1.19 is incident on a plate of another medium…

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Q: unpolarized light is sent into a system of three polarizing sheets with polarizing directions at…

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Q: Polarization is the phenomenon where only the transverse waves can be observed. A. True B. False

A: Given that- Polarization is the phenomenon where only the transverse waves can be observed To…

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Q: When light is incident normally on the interface between two transparent optical media, the…

A: (a) The refractive index of the vacuum is defined as 1. Therefore the intensity of the reflected…

Q: A beam of unpolarized light passes through two ideal polarizing filters with different orientations…

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Q: A beam of light in water (of refractive index of 1.33) enters a glass slab (of refractive index…

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Q: A scuba diver sees light reflected from the water’ssurface. At what angle will this light be…

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Q: What is Brewster's angle (in degrees) for light going from a medium with refractive index 1.14 into…

A: Given Refractive index of first medium is n1=1.14 Refractive index of second medium is n2=1.626

Q: Consider a light travelling through two polaroid films. In the first film, the polarization axis is…

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Q: A beam of light is emitted 9.8 cm beneath the surface of a liquid and strikes the air surface 7.4 cm…

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Q: The critical angle of light in a certain substance is 37° what is the polarizing angle. (а) 37° (b)…

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Q: Two polaroid A and B are kept with their transmission axes at an angle with respect to one another.…

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Q: The diagram below shows a ray of light passing through layers of materials A to D, with refractive…

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Q: What angle would the axis of a polarizing filter need to make with the direction of polarized light…

A: The given values are, I0=1.00 kW/m2I=10.00 kW/m2

Q: No light passes through two perfect polarizing filters with perpendicular axes. However, if a third…

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Q: Light is transmitted in optical fibers using a. diffuse reflection b. total internal reflection…

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Q: What angle is needed between the direction of polarized light and the axis of a polarizing filter to…

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Q: When unpolarized light strikes an interface and the reflected beam is completely polarized, what…

A: When some light is reflected it strikes a boundary between two mediums with different refractive…

Q: A ray of light travelling in glass having a refractive index nass on the glass-air interface. If a…

A: Given The refractive index of the glass is nglass=1.5. The refractive index of the liquid is…

Q: Some types of glass have a range of indices of refraction of about 1.4 to 1.8. What is the range of…

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Q: An unpolarized beam of light passes through a series of polarizers as shown in the figure. If the…

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Q: When unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass (n = 1.5) at the polarising angle.…

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Q: A ray of light travelling in glass having a refractive index nglass = 1.5, is incident at an angle…

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Q: A ray of light strikes the surface of benzene at an angle of 40 0. What are the directions of the…

A: Given, Angle = 40 degrees Refractive index of benzene = 1.43

Q: When light travels from air into water, which of the following statements is accurate?  a. The…

A: The light wave follows the following equation, c=fλ where c= speed of light, f= frequency, and…

Q: A beam of polarized light passes through a polarizing filter.When the angle between the polarizing…

A: let Io be the initial intensity,the final intensity of light is,

Q: What is the orientation of the transmitted light if an unpolarized light passes through two…

A: Polaroids  polarize the light passing through them by blocking polarization in all other directions…

Q: Light waves can be polarized as they are ?

A: Light waves can be polarized because these waves are transverse in nature.

Q: When light reflects off horizontal surfaces some of the vertical components of the electric fields…

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