MCQ
Bartholinus discovered:
  • A
    Interference by splitting the wave front
  • B
    Polarisation by reflection
  • C
    Polarisation by refraction
  • D
    Polarisation by double refraction

Answer

  1. Polarisation by double refraction

Explanation:

In 1669, another Danish scientist, Erasmus Bartholinus discovered the polarization of light by double refraction in Iceland spar (calcite).

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