All exercise Short Questions of Polarization of book Optics for BS/MSc Physics students.
Q.1 What are the types of polarization?
Answer: Reference Book Optics by Quanta Publishers, Chapter: Polarization, 1st edition page 100 (Topic: States or forms of polarization)
Q.2 What is the role of medium in refraction, reflection of light?
Answer: Refraction is caused by attractive nature of medium. While the reflection is caused by the repulsive nature of the medium.
Q.3 What do you mean by dichoric material?
Answer: Polarization of an EM waves are described by the orientation of the electric field vector . The substances in which except of one component out of all the components are absorbed is called dichoric.
Q.4 Differentiate between polarized and un-polarized light.
Answer: Un-polarized light (in which light spread in different direction) like ordinary light. While in polarized light is specified in one direction
Q.5 Write down the applications of prism.
Answer: Reference Book Optics by Quanta Publishers, Chapter: Polarization, 1st edition page 94 (Topic: 4.4 Prism )
