On a glass plate a light wave is incident at an angle of 60°. If the reflected and the refracted waves are mutually perpendicular, the refractive index of material is

Foundation

Physics Foundation

Refraction and parallel slab

Question

$\sqrt{3}$

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$

$\frac{3}{2}$

LiveFree JEE Main Previous Year Online Papers Live Free JEE Advance Previous Year Online Papers

College PredictorLive

Know your College Admission Chances Based on your Rank/Percentile, Category and Home State.

Get your JEE Main Personalised Report with Top Predicted Colleges in JoSA

From figure

$\begin{aligned} < i = 60^{\circ}, < r = 30^{\circ} \\ so μ = \frac{\sin 60}{\sin 30} = \sqrt{3} \end{aligned}$

Please subscribe our Youtube channel to unlock this solution.