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(A) When unpolarized light is incident at Brewster's angle,the reflected light is completely plane-polarized,with its electric field vector perpendicu

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Reflected light is completely polarized with intensity less than $\frac{I_0}{2}$.

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(A) When unpolarized light is incident at Brewster's angle,the reflected light is completely plane-polarized,with its electric field vector perpendicular to the plane of incidence.Since the incident light is unpolarized,it contains equal components of intensity $\frac{I_0}{2}$ in both the parallel and perpendicular directions.At Brewster's angle,the reflected ray consists only of the component perpendicular to the plane of incidence,but due to reflection losses at the interface,its intensity is less than $\frac{I_0}{2}$.The transmitted light is partially polarized because it contains all of the parallel component and the remaining part of the perpendicular component.

Unpolarized light of intensity $I_0$ is incident on the surface of a block of glass at Brewster's angle. In that case,which one of the following statements is true?

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