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Light & Optics Chapters 14-16
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Electromagnetic Wave
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Speed of Light in a vacuum, c = 3 x 10 8 m/s for all waves, v = f for light, c = f
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Brightness of Light inverse square law
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Light Rays travel in a straight line in a uniform medium can bend in a non-uniform medium reflect and refract at boundaries between mediums
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Reflection diffuse reflectionspecular reflection
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Law of Reflection
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Ray Diagrams
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Plane (flat) Mirror Light rays appear to originate behind the mirror (virtual image) Left/Right reversal Distance from object to mirror (s o ) = Distance from image to mirror (s i ) Height of object (h o ) = Height of image (h i )
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Ray Diagram for Plane Mirror
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Spherical Mirrors
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Focus f = focal length (distance from mirror to focus) R = radius of curvature (distance from mirror to center) R = 2f
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Mirror Equation: Magnification Equation: M = magnification (unitless)
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Sign Conventions +s i = real image -s i = virtual image +h = upright -h = inverted +f for concave mirrors -f for convex mirrors M>1 = image is enlarged M<1 = image is reduced
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Ray Tracing: Concave Mirror
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Refraction Refraction – the bending of light as it travels from one medium to another. – This happens because the speed of light changes when the medium changes.
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Index of Refraction n = c/v n = index of refraction v = speed of light in the medium
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Index of refraction is affected by wavelength – shorter wavelengths bend more
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Refraction Through Glass Slab
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Lenses
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Lens Equations
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Sign Conventions +s i = real image -s i = virtual image +h = upright -h = inverted +f for converging lens -f for diverging lens M>1 = image is enlarged M<1 = image is reduced -M = inverted
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Ray Tracing: Lenses
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Polarization
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No light
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Color Depends on wavelength Color of an object is the wavelength it reflects
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Additive Color - Light
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Subtractive Color – Pigments
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Are You Colorblind?
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