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Polarization of Light

Problem 5.196

A certain substance is placed in a longitudinal magnetic field of a solenoid located between two Polaroids. The length of the tube with substance is equal to \(l=30 \mathrm{~cm} .\) Find the Verdet constant if at a field strength \(H=56.5 \mathrm{kA} / \mathrm{m}\) the angle of rotation of polarization plane is equal to \(\varphi_{1}=+5^{\circ} 10^{\prime}\) for one direction of the field and to \(\varphi_{2}=-3^{\circ} 20^{\prime},\) for the opposite direction.

Reveal Answer
V=1 / 2\left(\varphi_{1}-\varphi_{2}\right) / l H=0.015 \text { ang. } \min / \AA