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CBSE Class 12 Physics 2020 Delhi Set 1 Paper

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Question : 23 of 37
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Light from a sodium lamp (S) passes through two polaroid sheets P1P_1 and P2P_2 as shown in fig. What will be the effect on the intensity of the light transmitted (a) by P1P_1 and (b) by P2P_2 on rotating polaroid P1P_1 about the direction of propagation of light? Justify your answer in both cases.
OR
Define the term 'wavefront of light'. A plane wave front ABA B propagating from denser medium (1) into a rarer medium (2) is incident on the surface P1P2P_1 P_2 separating the two media as shown in fig.
Using Huygen's principle, draw the secondary wavelets and obtain the refracted wavefront in the diagram.
Solution:  
(a) Intensity of the light at the output of I1=  I02I_1=\;\frac{I_0}{2} since one component of light will be blocked.
(b) When this polarised light is passed through P2P_2 the intensity of light at its output (I2)( I_2 ) will be varying ( 0 to   I02\;\frac{I_0}{2} and again to 0 ) if P1P_1 is rotated.
OR
Wavefront : Wavefront is an imaginary surface over which an optical wave has a constant phase.
Refraction of light from denser medium to rarer medium :
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