NEET 2022, Physics Q11: Refraction at Plane and Spherical surfaces
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Q.
A light ray falls on a glass surface of refractive index , at an angle 60. The angle between the refracted and reflected rays would be :
- A
60
- B
90
- C
120
- D
30
Solution
The angle of incidence equals and , which is exactly the Brewster condition.
At Brewster's angle, the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other.
Equivalently, by Snell's law, gives , so . The reflected ray makes with the normal on the same side, and the refracted ray makes on the other side, so the angle between them is .
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