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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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? (A) Reflected and refracted rays are completely polarised with their planes of polarization parallel to each other (B) Reflected and refracted rays are completely polarised with their planes of polarization perpendicular to each other (C) Reflected light is plane polarised but transmitted light is partially polarised (D) Reflected light is partially polarised but refracted light is plane polarised

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

Q. 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?

Reflected and refracted rays are completely polarised with their planes of polarization parallel to each other

Reflected and refracted rays are completely polarised with their planes of polarization perpendicular to each other

Reflected light is plane polarised but transmitted light is partially polarised

Reflected light is partially polarised but refracted light is plane polarised

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

Q. 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?