Learning Objectives
- Understand the reflection of light by spherical mirrors, including concave and convex mirrors, using laws of reflection and ray diagrams.
- Calculate image formation by spherical mirrors using the mirror formula and sign conventions.
- Analyze the refraction of light as it passes through different media, governed by Snell's Law and refractive indices.
- Apply the lens formula to determine the relationship between object distance, image distance, and focal length for convex and concave lenses.
- Explore the power of a lens as the reciprocal of its focal length and its applications in optical instruments.
- Examine the refractive index and optical density as measures of how much light slows down in a medium compared to vacuum.
- Investigate the terminology and sign conventions for spherical mirrors, including pole, center of curvature, radius of curvature, principal axis, and focal length.
- Study the refraction through a rectangular glass slab, including lateral displacement and the emergent ray parallel to the incident ray.
- Understand spherical lens terminology and sign conventions, including optical center, centers of curvature, principal axis, and principal foci.