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What is unpolarised light? - Physics

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What is unpolarised light?

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A transverse wave that has vibrations in all directions in a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation is said to be unpolarised light.

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पाठ 7: Wave Optics - Evaluation [पृष्ठ १०३]

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सामाचीर कलवी Physics - Volume 1 and 2 [English] Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 7 Wave Optics
Evaluation | Q 29. | पृष्ठ १०३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

If the polarising angle for a given medium is 60°, then the refractive index of the medium is.................


What is a Polaroid?


With the help of neat diagram, explain how non-polar dielectric material is polarised in external electric field of increasing intensity. Define polarisation in dielectrics.


Three identical polaroid sheets P1, P2 and P3 are oriented so that the pass axis of P2 and P3 are inclined at angles of 60° and 90° respectively with the pass axis of P1. A monochromatic source S of unpolarised light of intensity I0 is kept in front of the polaroid sheet P1 as shown in the figure. Determine the intensities of light as observed by the observer at O, when polaroid P3 is rotated with respect to P2 at angles θ = 30° and 60°.


Show, using a simple polaroid, that light waves are transverse in nature. Intensity of light coming out of a polaroid does not change irrespective of the orientation of the pass axis of the polaroid. Explain why.


Show, with the help of a diagram, how unpolarised sunlight gets polarised due to scattering.


What is the Brewster angle for air to glass transition? (Refractive index of glass = 1.5)


The refractive indices of water for red and violet colours are 1.325 and 1.334 respectively.
Find the difference between the velocities of rays for these two colours in water. (c = 3 × 108 m/s)


Show using a proper diagram how unpolarised light can be linearly polarised by reflection from a transparent glass surface.


With the help of an experiment, state how will you identify whether a given beam of light is polarised or unpolarized?


A ray of light is incident on a transparent medium at a polarizing angle. What is the angle between the reflected ray and the refracted ray?


Greenlight is an incident at the polarising angle on a certain transparent medium. The angle of refraction is 30°.
Find
(i) polarising angle, and
(ii) refractive index of the medium.


Light transmitted by Nicol prism is ______.


What is a analyser?


What is plane polarised light?


Discuss about Nicol prism.


An unpolarised light of intensity 32 Wm-2 passes through three Polaroids such that the axes of the first and the last Polaroids are at 90°. What is the angle between the axes of the first and middle Polaroids so that the emerging light has an intensity of only 3 Wm-2?


Which of the following phenomena is not common to sound and light waves?


Can reflection result in plane polarised light if the light is incident on the interface from the side with higher refractive index?


For the same objective, find the ratio of the least separation between two points to be distinguished by a microscope for light of 5000 Å and electrons accelerated through 100 V used as the illuminating substance.


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