Figure represents a glass plate placed vertically on a horizontal table with a beam of unpolarised light falling on its surface at the polarising angle of 57° with the normal. The electric vector in the reflected light on screen S will vibrate with respect to the plane of incidence in a

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Figure represents a glass plate placed vertically on a horizontal table with a beam of unpolarised light falling on its surface at the polarising angle of 57° with the normal. The electric vector in the reflected light on screen S will vibrate with respect to the plane of incidence in a (A) Vertical plane (B) Horizontal plane (C) Plane making an angle of 45° with the vertical (D) Plane making an angle of 57° with the horizontal

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When unpolarised light is made incident at polarising angle, the reflected light is plane polarised in a direction perpendicular to the plane of incidence. Therefore vecE in reflected light will vibrate in vertical plane with respect to plane of incidence.

Vertical plane

Horizontal plane

Plane making an angle of $4 5^{\circ}$ with the vertical

Plane making an angle of $5 7^{\circ}$ with the horizontal

When unpolarised light is made incident at polarising angle, the reflected light is plane polarised in a direction perpendicular to the plane of incidence. Therefore $E$ in reflected light will vibrate in vertical plane with respect to plane of incidence.

Q. Figure represents a glass plate placed vertically on a horizontal table with a beam of unpolarised light falling on its surface at the polarising angle of 57∘ with the normal. The electric vector in the reflected light on screen S will vibrate with respect to the plane of incidence in a

Vertical plane

Horizontal plane

Plane making an angle of 45∘ with the vertical

Plane making an angle of 57∘ with the horizontal

When unpolarised light is made incident at polarising angle, the reflected light is plane polarised in a direction perpendicular to the plane of incidence. Therefore E in reflected light will vibrate in vertical plane with respect to plane of incidence.

Plane making an angle of $4 5^{\circ}$ with the vertical

Plane making an angle of $5 7^{\circ}$ with the horizontal

When unpolarised light is made incident at polarising angle, the reflected light is plane polarised in a direction perpendicular to the plane of incidence. Therefore $E$ in reflected light will vibrate in vertical plane with respect to plane of incidence.