MHT CET Physics question

When unpolarised light is incident on a plane glass at Brewster's angle, then which of the following statements is correct ?

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

Answer: (C)

Solution

At Brewster's angle the reflected beam is completely plane polarised while the refracted beam is only partially polarised (it still has some component perpendicular to

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