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Peter was working on problems involving the rotation of plane polarized light passing through an optically active material. [1] He was asked to calculate the angle of polarization for light with initial horizontal and vertical polarization. [2] For horizontal polarization, the angle of polarization was calculated to be -15 degrees. For vertical polarization, the angle was 75 degrees. [3] This shows the optically active material rotated the plane of polarization by -15 degrees for linearly polarized light.

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Peter was working on problems involving the rotation of plane polarized light passing through an optically active material. [1] He was asked to calculate the angle of polarization for light with initial horizontal and vertical polarization. [2] For horizontal polarization, the angle of polarization was calculated to be -15 degrees. For vertical polarization, the angle was 75 degrees. [3] This shows the optically active material rotated the plane of polarization by -15 degrees for linearly polarized light.

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HEY PETER!

3)

ANS

1 1+ √ 3 −1+√ 3
a) T = [
2 √ 2 1−√ 3 1+√ 3 ]
Now for horizontal ray the Jones matrix is given by J = (10 )
So the resultant polarized light J' can be obtained by multiplication of above two matrices, that is
J' = JT

On solving the above you will get a matrix J' in the (2x1) form, let it be ( xy )
You will observe that there is no addition of any phase change so the polarisation is linear in nature.
To find the angle of plane of polarisation you can use the below formula.

y
ϴ = tan h( )
x

1−√ 3
To check you answer see that you get the angle as -15˚ and y as .
2√2

b) You have to do same step as above just in this case for the vertically polarised light the Jones

Matrix is given by J = (01 )


1+ √ 3
To check your answer see if you get the final angle as 75˚ and the y value as .
2√ 2
c) We can notice that the horizontal ray at 0˚ was rotated to -15˚ ( that is 0˚ - 15˚) . Also the vertical
ray was rotated to 75˚ from 90˚ (which is 90˚ - 15˚). Thus we can conclude that the optically active
material rotated the plane of polarization by -15˚ for a linearly polarised beam.

THANK YOU !

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