Certain sunglasses use a polarizing material to reduce the intensity of light reflected from shiny surfaces, such as water or the hood of a car. What orientation of the transmission axis should the material have to be most effective?

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Q: Some types of glass have a range of indices of refraction of about 1.4 to 1.7. What is the range of…

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Q: Can a sound wave be polarized? If not, why not?

A: Only those waves which are transverse in nature can be polarized. i.e. Electromagnetic waves

Q: If you have completely polarized light of intensity 130 W/m?, what will its intensity be after…

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Q: The amount of light that passes through two polarizing filters depends on the angle between their…

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Q: Light of intensity I0 is polarized vertically and is incident on an analyzer rotated at an angle u…

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Q: Three polarizing plates whose planes are parallel are cen- tered on a common axis. The directions of…

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Q: Unpolarized light of intensity I0 = 850 W/m2 is incident upon three polarizers. The axis of the…

A: According to law of Malus Intensity passes through analyzer I = Io  Cos2 θ

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A: The chronological distribution of the electromagnetic radiations on the basis of wavelengths and…

Q: A polarizer and an analyzer are oriented so that the maxi- mum amount of light is transmitted. To…

A: When the light is passing through the polariser, its intensity is I0, after it comes out from the…

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

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Q: The figure shows four pairs of polarizing sheets, seen face-on. Each pair is mounted in the path of…

A: When unpolarized light passes through a polarizer, the intensity is reduced by half. When polarized…

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: The equation for the transmitted intensity is

Q: 8 a. √f b. 2lf 4 c. If d. 32 30° Unpolarized light =000: A Polarizing Axis P1 P2 P3

A: Let the unpolarized beam of light have intensity I0  When a beam of light passes through a…

Q: If you have completely polarized light of intensity150 W / m2, what will its intensity be after…

A: Given:  incident intensity, Io = 150 W/m2 Angle = 89 degree

Q: An unpolarized beam of light (intensity I0) is moving in the x-direction. The light passes through…

A: Expression of the intensity of the light transmitted by the last polarizer. I=I0 cos248°…

Q: since the light that is scattered out of the incident beam is polarized, why is the transmitted beam…

A: From dual nature of light, light can be considered as a type of electromagnetic wave.…

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Q: Light reflected at 62.5o from a gemstone in a ring is completely polarized. Can the gem be a…

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Q: A beam of light with an intensity of 40.0 W/m2 and polarization parallel to the y-axis is sent into…

A: Intensity=40w/m²

Q: Which of these phenomena is consistent with the wave model of light? Select one or more: a.…

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Q: Suppose you have polarized light of intensity 170 W/m2. What will its intensity be after passing…

A: Given: The intensity of the polarized light is 170 W/m2. The angle between the polarizing filter…

Q: Light that vibrates in a particular plane and is dimmer than it's source is _____     a) inverted b)…

A: Polarization of light is occurred by the use of a Polaroid filters, Filters are used to look…

Q: Polarized light is incident on 7 polarizing sheets. the axis of the first polarized sheet makes an…

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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: Two polarizers are placed together. The first polarization axis is oriented at 30° with respect to…

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Q: 4.4.2. A beam of polarized light passes through a polarizing filter. When the angle between the…

A: According to the Malus law, the intensity of the polarized light passing through the analyzer is

Q: At what angle above the horizon is the Sun if light from it is completely polarized upon reflection…

A: As the Sun is completely polarized, so it will satisfies the Brewster’s law. Then the angle of…

Q: Brewster plates are used in laser cavities to polarize the light with the smallest amount of power…

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Q: Unpolarized light passes through a polarizer-analyzer combination. What must be the angle between…

A: Polarized light is the light that has vibrations restricted to a single plane. Unpolarized light 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: If you have completely polarized light of intensity 170 W/m2, what will its intensity be after…

A: Given: The intensity of the polarized light is 170 W/m2. The angle of the light with polarization…

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

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Q: On rotating the analyzer if the intensity of light rays coming out of it varies from maximum to…

A: On rotating the analyzer if the intensity of light rays coming out of it varies from…

Q: If a polarizer and analyzer are placed (perpendicular,parallel) to each other, no light penetrates.

A: When a light after passing through the polarizer falls on the analyzer then the intensity of the…

Q: chat the axes of transmission of the second and third find the intensity of light emerging from each…

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Q: 24.1   Some unpolarized light has an intensity of 1390 W/m2 before passing through three polarizing…

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Q: Consider scenarios A to F in which a ray of light traveling in material 1 is incident onto the…

A: Total internal reflection is the phenomenon bof light when light Ray returns to the same medium…

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: Three polarizing filters are arranged in such a way that the axes of transmission of the second and…

A: Given data: The axes of transmission of second and third filters are 75° and 30° The original…

Q: Brewster plates are used in laser cavities to polarize the light with the smallest amount of power…

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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: A polarizer reduces the intensity of light by a factor of 0.5. At what angle should the analyzer be…

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Q: The angle of incidence at which a light beam reflected from an interface is totally polarized is the…

A: Given: Refractive index of ice = 1.31