1. Chapter 18
Ray Optics

2. 18 Ray Optics
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5. Light rays travel in straight lines.
The Ray Model of Light
Light rays travel in straight lines.
Light rays can cross.
A light ray travels forever unless it interacts with matter.
An object is a source of light rays.
The eye sees by focusing a bundle of rays.
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6. Sources of Light Rays: Self-Luminous Objects
A ray source
A point source
An extended source
A parallel-ray source
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7. Seeing Objects Seeing a point or extended source
Seeing an object by scattered light
Seeing a ray source
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8. Shadows
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9. Example Problem
If the aperture is very small, how far apart on the screen built into the left side of the box are the images of the point-like red and green light sources?
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10. Example Problem
If the aperture is a circle 1 cm in diameter, what are the size and shape of the image of the green point-like light source? Do you need to know how far below the center of the aperture that source is?
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11. The Law of Reflection
The incident ray and the reflected ray are both in the same plane, which is perpendicular to the surface, and
The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence: θr = θi .
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12. The Plane Mirror
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13. Refraction
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14. Snell’s Law of Refraction
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16. Example Problem
What is the index of refraction of the plastic if a ray is refracted as in the figure?
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17. Total Internal Reflection
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18. Locating a Virtual Image
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19. Thin Lenses and Ray Tracing
The focal point of a converging lens
The focal point of a diverging lens
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20. Three Important Sets of Rays: Converging Lenses
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21. Ray Tracing: Real Images
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23. Checking Understanding
Which of these ray diagrams is possibly correct?
Answer: D
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24. Answer Which of these ray diagrams is possibly correct? D Slide 18-28
Answer: D
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25. Magnification of a Lens or Mirror
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26. Ray Tracing: Virtual Images
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27. Three Important Sets of Rays: Diverging Lenses
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29. Checking Understanding
In this figure the image is produced by a lens. At which position A–E is the lens?
Answer: D
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30. Answer
In this figure the image is produced by a lens. At which position A–E is the lens? D
Answer: D
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31. Spherical Mirrors and Ray Tracing
The focal point of a concave mirror
The focal point of a convex mirror
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32. Three Sets of Special Rays for a Concave Mirror
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33. A Real Image Formed by a Concave Mirror
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35. Three Sets of Special Rays for a Convex Mirror
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36. Ray Tracing for a Convex Mirror
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38. The Thin-Lens Equation
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40. Summary
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