At what angle will light reflected from diamond be completely polarized?
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Step 1: Use Brewster's law which states that the angle of polarization (θ) is given by θ = arctan(n2/n1), where n1 is the refractive index of the medium the light is coming from and n2 is the refractive index of the medium the light is entering. Show more…
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