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EHB465E Lecture 1 - Ray Optics
EHB465E Lecture 1 - Ray Optics
EHB 465E
- RAY OPTICS -
Onur Ferhanoğlu
1
Postulates of Ray Optics
• Light
travels
in
the
form
of
rays
Rays
are
emiEed
by
light
sources
and
observed
with
opJcal
detectors
• An
opJcal
medium
is
characterized
by
refracJve
index:
n
>
1
n
=
c0
/
c,
t
=
d/c
=
nd/c0
-‐>>
opJcal
patlength
:
nd
• In
an
inhomogeneous
medium,
where
refracJve
index
is
a
funcJon
of
posiJon,
the
opJcal
pathlength
between
points
A
and
B
is:
SomeJmes,
minimum
Jme
is
share
by
more
than
one
path,
which
are
then
all
followed
simultaneously
by
the
rays.
“Imaging
EquaJon”
Yrd.
Doç.
Dr.
Onur
Ferhanoğlu
-‐
RAY
OPTICS
-‐
9
Planar Boundaries
• External
refracJon
(n1
<
n2)
-‐>
ϑ2
<
ϑ1
• Internal
refracJon
(n1
>
n2)
-‐>
ϑ2
>
ϑ1
Refracted
rays
bend
away
from
boundary
Refracted
rays
bend
towards
boundary
“Lensmakers equa(on”
Lens