Light is incident from air onto a flat surface of glass of refractive index nG = 1.55. At normal incidence (θI = 0), calculate the fraction of the incident power reflected from the glass. Also, calculate the Brewster angle at which the reflectance for the TM polarisation is zero.

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Light is incident from air onto a flat surface of glass of refractive index nG = 1.55.
At normal incidence (θI = 0), calculate the fraction of the incident power reflected from the glass.
Also, calculate the Brewster angle at which the reflectance for the TM polarisation is zero. 

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