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OPTICS
is the branch of physics which involves the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. Because light is an electromagnetic wave, other forms of electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays, microwaves, and radio waves exhibit similar properties.
MIRRORS
Is an object that reflects light in a way that preserves much of its original quality subsequent to its contact with the mirror. Mirrors are commonly used for personal
grooming
or
admiring
oneself,
decoration,
and
architecture. Mirrors are also used in scientific apparatus such as telescopes and lasers, and cameras.
TYPES OF MIRROR
PLANE MIRROR
A mirror whose surface lies in a plane; it forms an image of an object such that the mirror surface is perpendicular to and bisects the line joining all corresponding object-image points.
Example :
CONCAVE MIRROR
A concave mirror has a shape with a thinner middle and thicker sides in relation to a flat plane. People who cannot see objects in focus at a distance but can see objects close up use concave lenses to bring the farther objects in focus.
MIRROR EQUATION
MAGNIFICATION EQUATION
SAMPLE PROBLEM
A 4.00 cm tall light bulb is placed a distance of 45.7 cm from a concave mirror having a focal length of 15.2 cm. Determine the image distance and the image size. GIVEN: ho = 4.0 cm do = 45.7 cm f = 15.2 cm
di = ??? hi = ???
SOLUTION: 1/f = 1/do + 1/di 1/(15.2 cm) = 1/(45.7 cm) + 1/di 0.0658 cm-1 = 0.0219 cm-1 + 1/di 0.0439 cm-1 = 1/di di = 22.8 cm hi/ho = - di/do hi /(4.0 cm) = - (22.8 cm)/(45.7 cm) hi = - (4.0 cm) (22.8 cm)/(45.7 cm) hi = -1.99 cm
CONVEX MIRROR
Identification A convex mirror curves outward toward a light source. Other words for a convex mirror include fish eye mirror and diverging mirror. Effects A convex mirror reflects light outward. Therefore, the images it produces are distorted. They are smaller than the actual object reflected and are always upright.
SAMPLE PROBLEM
A 4.0-cm tall light bulb is placed a distance of 35.5 cm from a convex mirror having a focal length of -12.2 cm. Determine the image distance and the image size. GIVEN: ho = 4.0 cm do = 35.5 cm f = -12.2 cm
di = ??? hi = ???
SOLUTION : 1/f = 1/do + 1/di 1/(-12.2 cm) = 1/(35.5 cm) + 1/di -0.0820 cm-1 = 0.0282 cm-1 + 1/di -0.110 cm-1 = 1/di di = -9.08 cm hi/ho = - di/do hi /(4.0 cm) = - (-9.08 cm)/(35.5 cm) hi = - (4.0 cm) (-9.08 cm)/(35.5 cm) hi = 1.02 cm