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What is a polarizing angle? Does polarizing angle depend on the light used?

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What is a polarizing angle? Does polarizing angle depend on the light used?


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Polarizing angle: The angle of incidence at the interference of two media (rarer and denser) at which the reflected ray is completely plane polarized is called polarizing angle. The polarizing angle for a medium of refractive index μ  is given by

\(\mu=\tan\left(\theta_p\right)\) ; θp = polarizing angle.

Since, the refractive index of a medium depends upon the wavelength of the light by the Cauchy's relation \(\mu=A+\frac B{\lambda^2}\), where, A and B are constant and λ be the wavelength of the light. Thus, the polarizing angle also depends upon the wavelength of light.

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