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  4. When unpolarised light is incident on a plane glass plate of refractive index μ, it is found that reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other. Then which of the following statements is correct?

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Q. When unpolarised light is incident on a plane glass plate of refractive index $\mu$, it is found that reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other. Then which of the following statements is correct?

Wave Optics

Solution:

At Brewster’s angle, only the reflected light is plane polarised, but transmitted light is partially polarised.