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Lecture 21 - Optics Part 2
Lecture 21 - Optics Part 2
Lecture 21 - Optics Part 2
Lecture 21 – April 4
Outline
• Review – reflection and refraction of light
• Law of reflection
• Law of refraction (Snell’s law)
• Plane mirrors
• Spherical mirrors
• Lenses
New concepts/quantities
• Object and image (and respective distances)
• Focal length
• Real and virtual images
• Sign convention
Focal Length and Radius
𝑅
𝑓= For spherical mirrors
2
1 1 1 𝑑𝑜
+ =
𝑑𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑓
Graphical Method of Locating Images
Q’
Graphical Method of Locating Images
summary – concave mirror
Graphical Method of Locating Images
summary – convex mirror
Magnification for spherical mirrors
𝑑𝑖
𝑚=−
𝑑𝑜
F1 F2
Optic axis
1 1 1
+ = Thin lens equation
𝑑𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑓
𝑑𝑖
𝑚=− Magnification of a thin lens in air.
𝑑𝑜
Focal points of lenses - converging
P’
Q’
• Ray parallel to the optical axis -> refracted through focal point
• Ray through focal point -> refracted parallel to the optic axis
• Ray through the center -> no change in direction
Graphical Methods for a Diverging Lens
Lensmaker's Equation
f- focal length
1 1 1 n- index of refraction of the lens material
= 𝑛−1 + R1 – radius of the first interface
𝑓 𝑅1 𝑅2
R2 – radius of the second interface
𝑑𝑜 𝑑𝑖