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AP Physics 2
14.3 Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization
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Light ray incident on a transparent medium at the polarizing angle \(\theta_p\).
Light ray incident on a transparent medium at the polarizing angle \(\theta_p\).
A beam of unpolarized light traveling in air (\(n_{\text{air}} = 1.0\)) strikes the flat surface of a transparent plastic block. The reflected light is observed to be completely linearly polarized when the angle of incidence is \(\theta_p = 60^\circ\). The plastic block is then replaced with a glass block that has a greater index of refraction (\(n_{\text{glass}} > n_{\text{plastic}}\)). How does the new polarizing angle \(\theta_p'\) for the glass block compare to \(60^\circ\), and why?

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