Optics Concepts

   Friday, August 14, 2020   

Optics Concepts include all Definitions, Laws, Diagrams, Rules, Examples, Results etc.

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Ray diagram for light coming from candle and falling on plane mirror | Convergent, divergent and parallel beam of light | Reflection | Regular and Irregular Reflection | Regular and diffused reflection | Reflection | Laws of Reflection | Laws of reflection

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Plane mirror | Image and Object | Formation of image by reflection | Characteristics of image formed by a plane mirror | Image of extended object formed by a plane mirror | Image formation of extended object by plane mirror | Verify the law of reflection | Verification of laws of reflection

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Experimentally understand image formed by a plane mirror | Field of view of an object for a given mirror | Minimum height of a plane mirror to see the image of a given object | Problems on Reflection of Light | Lateral inversion | Lateral Inversion in Plane Mirrors | Object moving perpendicular to a plane mirror | Object moving inclined to a plane mirror

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Image formation by a moving object in a plane mirror | Problem on situation when mirror is rotated | Applications of Reflection in Daily Life | Uses of Plane Mirror | Image formation by parallel plane mirrors | Images formed by mirrors placed parallel to each other | Image formation by perpendicular plane mirrors | Image formation by plane mirrors at an angle

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Kaleidoscope | Construction and Importance of periscope | Periscope | Convergence and divergence of mirrors | Sign convention | Relationship between focal length, image distance and object distance for spherical mirrors | Calculate magnification of concave mirror | Calculate magnification of convex mirror

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Magnification of mirrors | Uses of spherical mirrors | Convex mirror as Side View Mirror | Erect and inverted image | Terms related to spherical mirrors | Focus, Focal length and focal plane of spherical mirrors | Define focus, focal length and focal plane of spherical mirrors | Principal focus and focal plane

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Virtual and Real images | Difference between real and virtual images formed by spherical mirrors | Real and virtual image | Laws of reflection | Image Formation from Spherical Reflecting Surfaces | Reflection of rays from a spherical mirror | Images formed by convex mirrors for object placed at different distances | Images formed by concave mirrors for object placed at different distances

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Images formed by spherical mirrors for object placed at different distances | Describe the characteristics of the images formed by concave mirror for different object locations | Describe the characteristics of the images formed by convex mirror for different object locations | Ray diagram of image formation by spherical mirrors | Image formed by concave and convex mirror | Image formation by spherical mirrors | Mirror formula | Plot of object distance vs image distance for spherical mirrors

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Minimum distance between object and its real image for a concave mirror | Image of an object of finite size along the principal axis for a spherical mirror | Magnification | Problem on mirror equation | Problems involving the mirror equation | Speed of object and speed of image | Refraction of light | Optical density of medium | Rarer and Denser Medium | Refractive index

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Experimental determination of refractive index of glass | Relation between refractive index and speed of light | Refractive index of some common mediums | Refractive index in a medium with varying refractive index | Terms related to refraction | Laws of refraction | Calculate refractive index of medium | Snell's Law | Experimental Verification of Law of refraction

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No change in direction of light ray on refraction | Principle of reversibility of light | Transmission of light from a denser medium to a rarer medium at different angles of incidence | Apparent bending of a straight stick in water | Apparent depth and real depth | Calculate apparent depth of moving object | Apparent depth of an object moved in the given medium | Apparent depth of an Object

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Apparent depth of an object through layers of multiple media | Calculate lateral displacement of glass slab having some thickness | Lateral displacement of light from glass slab | Calculate the Normal shift of a ray refracted through a rectangular glass slab | Observe the refraction through a rectangular glass slab | Multiple image formation in a thick plane mirror | Calculate lateral shift of a rectangular glass slab

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Lateral displacement | Spherical Refracting Surface | Examples of refraction | Multiple refraction | Critical angle | Critical angle derivation | Total internal reflection (TIR) | Experimental verifications of total internal reflection

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Total internal reflection | Optical fibre and it uses | Total internal reflection in optical fibres | Process of total internal reflection in optical fibres | Process of total internal reflection in diamond | Michelson’s Method for Measuring the Speed of Light | Factors affecting critical angle | Relation between refractive index and critical angle

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Total internal reflection in a prism | Total internal reflection in daily life | Total internal reflecting prism as a plane mirror | Define lens | Difference between concave and a convex lens | Demonstration of converging and diverging action of lenses | Effect of concave lens and convex lens | Converging and diverging behaviour

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Terms related to lenses | Calculate focal length of convex lens by plane mirror | Focal length of convex lens by plane mirror | Sign convention | Ray diagram of conventional rays used for image formation in spherical lenses | Refraction of rays at spherical surfaces | Real and virtual images | Effect of image formation when a part of lens is covered or removed

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Ray diagrams for image formation by lenses | Images formed in different lenses | Images Formed By Lenses | Images through lenses as real, virtual, erect or magnified | Different images through lenses | Characteristics of images by symmetrical lens | Image formation by lenses | Experimental determination of focal length of lenses

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Displacement method to find focal length of a lens | Lens Maker's Formula | Lens formula | Lateral magnification for refraction at spherical surfaces | Dependence of focal length of a lens on the wavelength of incident light | Focal Length of a combination of lenses immersed in a medium | Object distance vs image distance for spherical lens | Use relationship between two image lengths and object length for a thin lens when object and screen are fixed and lens is moved

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Magnification of spherical lenses | Problem on Magnification by spherical lenses | Power | Calculate power of lens | Lens Power | Calculate lens power | Combination of thin lenses in contact | Effective focal length of thin lenses placed in contact

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Calculate Newton's formula for thick lenses | Image formation from compound lenses | Formation of image from a combination of lenses, mirrors and glass slabs | Image formation by broken lenses | Image formation for lenses with one side silvered | Image formation from lenses where object is being moved

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Different refractive indices on the sides of a lens | Example using lens formula | Image distance or object distance for refraction of rays at spherical surfaces | Refraction of light at spherical surfaces | Calculate Focal Length of Lenses using lens maker's formula | The minimum distance between an object and its real image in a convex lens

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Minimum distance between object and its real image for a convex lens | Magnification | Calculate magnification of lens | Calculate object distance, image distance and focal length of lens | combination of lenses | Image formation when multiple lenses are used

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Description of prism | Terms related to prism | Angle of deviation | Angle of deviation | Prism | Angle of deviation | Deviation of light ray due to reflection from a plane surface | Calculate angle between emerging rays

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Variation in angle of deviation due to change in angle of incidence for a triangular prism | Deviation without Dispersion | Problem on Deviation without Dispersion | Calculate angle of minimum deviation of light ray passing through prism | Factors affecting the angle of deviation | Factors affecting on angle of deviation | Minimum angle of deviation for a prism | Refractive Index of Prism using the angle of minimum deviation