Consider a tank made of glass (refractive index is 1.5) with a thick bottom. It is filled with a liquid of refractive index µ. A student finds that, irrespective of what the incident angle i (see figure) is for a beam of light entering the liquid, the light reflected from the liquid glass interface is never completely polarised. For this to happen, the minimum value ofµ is (a) ahlu (b) 5 53 n=1.5 (c) 4 - 3 (d) ام اس 3

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Consider a tank made of glass (refractive index is 1.5) with a
thick bottom. It is filled with a liquid of refractive index µ. A
student finds that, irrespective of what the incident angle i
(see figure) is for a beam of light entering the liquid, the light
reflected from the liquid glass interface is never completely
polarised.
For this to happen, the minimum value ofµ is
(a)
alw
5
(b)
√3
n=1.5
(c)
4
3
(d)
√
ام الله
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a tank made of glass (refractive index is 1.5) with a thick bottom. It is filled with a liquid of refractive index µ. A student finds that, irrespective of what the incident angle i (see figure) is for a beam of light entering the liquid, the light reflected from the liquid glass interface is never completely polarised. For this to happen, the minimum value ofµ is (a) alw 5 (b) √3 n=1.5 (c) 4 3 (d) √ ام الله
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