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Brewster's Angle

0.2.4 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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