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Table of Contents

  • 1. Mechanics
  • 2. Harmonic Motion, Waves and Sound
  • 3. Matter and Thermodynamics
  • 4. Electricity and Magnetism
  • 5. Light and Optics
    • A. Geometrical Optics
    • B. Interference and Diffraction
    • C. Optical Instruments
    • D. Polarization
      • 10. Birefringence
      • 20. Brewster's Angle
      • 30. Crossed Polarizers
      • 40. Polarization by Scattering
      • 50. Polaroid Sheets
    • E. Spectra
    • F. Speed of Light
  • 6. Modern Physics
  • 7. Astronomy
  • 8. Software and Multimedia
  • 9. Index and code conversion from older manual
  • External Resources

20. Brewster's Angle

Brewster's angle is nicely demonstrated with the apparatus shown. With the polarizer on the projector horizontal, the reflected beam will be completely extinguished as the glass plate is rotated to Brewster's angle. You can now rotate the polarizer to show polarization of the reflected beam.

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