What happens to the electric fields component when unpolarised light is incident on surface such that reflected and refracted light are at right angles?

parallel component remains in reflected light

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prependicular component remains in reflected light

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it will remain un polarized

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partially polarized reflected light

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The correct option is B prependicular component remains in reflected light
When unpolarised light is incident on surface such that the reflected and refracted light are right angles. The perpendicular component of electric field remains in reflected light.
The correct option is B.

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