Aw ‘Tobserepoareaion alight using two polaroid. ‘Apeanatus AND MATERIAL REQUIRED “Two polaroid sheet, source of light /sunlh, card board apa of scboors wte paper ue Terus anooernimons, ‘Alight wave consist ofa varying elecine eld vector Band avaning ‘matic el veto, which are perpendicular to each oer. Bach ofthese flekd vectors are also perpendicular to the direction of propagation ofthe wave (0) Unpoarised ght: The onlentation of electri vector 16 not confined to one direction only but i all recions randomly. {tuners othe direction of propagation. {@) Plane oF linear polarisation: Light waves are said to be plan inary polarised the electric eld vector Es restricted {oone direction na plane normal tothe deco f propagation. (uo Porous: polaroid consists fang chain molscules aligned in ‘particular direcdon. The dectrc Vectors (assoclated wit the Propagating light wave) along the direction of the aligned ‘oleeies get absorbed. Thus fan unpolarae ight we ie {ekdenton sch a polaroid, then height wave wil ge inerty polarised with the electric vector oxllating along 8 rection Perpendicular othe aligned molecules Ts rection ow Ss the pass axe the para. Plastic sheets of stele substances are cammonty sed ‘imlaste, calculator and gia wate (6) Pelariser and analyser: When the pasenge of Wit trong polaris sued he tranemied eatin of inten als Between 1 to.0 as the angle between the axle of theit ‘tunamiaslon vars rom 0000. The st polaroid net to the ‘source being use scaled he pours andthe second polaroid ‘teed ie called analyser. Panos "Netural ight is assucaed wit lec vectrs normale te ection ff propagation and ving im ll posible planes pacing through he light Beam. However. ll theac vectors can be raved lon to ‘tual perpendicular drecions very polaroid has an axis of ms Be fs {he paras placed normale ‘he path ofan unpolarized ight beam, the companent of eet ‘vector associated with Te and Parallel tothe axis of Estacion a allowed to pasa {hough and the transmitted lights plan polartae. Thiscan Bechecked by rotating another Dataroi placed next fo the frst. Farid song the beam of ht Far atl tyapostion comes or a whch etna ttety < Vanishes.” This position > Corresponds (o the situation ¢(C/ ‘then thems oftranmssion ot “A fhe to polarolds re pg. 11.1 (al Passage of lot thro to Rermeplcuar to each other FE porahordP, Me vane raglan eee aes sai Serene oe ue reete Sarna ep we Cones las erst hom ataase ces oe ieee et of To ed Seen eons Ssencipecttoeach oer Pe ec ofa Prroceoure sreseeees (Making. clroular scale fr angle measurement ‘dius 1Demon the whitepaper. 2 Cutthecirce with pair ofacisorsMark angular divisions on the circle mg. 112). 4. Cutaholeat the centreof the cice such that your polariser ‘tain the eee. Attach the polaroid in the al PA 11.3) Pieper eater anjaes shown in (0) Observing Polarisation 1, Takea polaraid piece P, also known as plarser and hold it {front of our eye and obeerve light from any sures 2. Take the other polaroid also known as analyser) and putt cover the hrstpatarold P, and observe tse ght through the ‘ombaned system. ae Pa.A112 Cre woh anguer don 3G. A 12.8 sale fr agle measurement 3. Rotate analyser to get maximum intensity ofemergingight. [Note down the ference between see rendngs. 4. Now mtate the analyser so that you get zero intensity of cemerging light. Note down the diflerence between seale eoangs. Oservains 1 Ditigaes tetas Sale ls min a 2. ference betwen scl edings fr minum nent, 38 Rotation of analyser from maximum intensity to mir intensity Resux ‘The ane through which the intensity changes fram maximam 10 ‘minimam =." Prcoaunon ‘Care should be taken fe handle the polaroids carefully so as not fo leave fingerprints. Dascussion ‘While observing light fom some source through a polarser there ‘no change in the intensity of ight. What ean you say about ts ‘Polarisation condition? How does an analyser mae it posable t0 ‘etect polarisation condition? Seurassessuenr Tr Win do yoda potato? Cans web po? ame theclacomneny tetborplrng Name neue ow ey ele ar ‘Study polarisation of sunlight by diferent methods (polarisation Dy seater, reflection). eeee