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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 :

  1. A

    60

  2. B

    90

  3. C

    120

  4. 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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