Thin Lenses (104)
BlackBoard Notes

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• Examine the properties of lenses:
  • Converging (positive)
  • Diverging (negative)
• Determine location of image on optical bench and by calculation
  • No ray tracing today!

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(Miller's notes for drawing ray diagrams on board: Draw axes first, then rays through the f's, then ray through lens center. Finally, draw lens)

• Measuring focal length, f (converging lens):

 

• Image distance, q:

What if p < f ? Magnifying lens!

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• Measuring f (diverging lens):

• Image distance, q:

 

Eye glasses (near sighted)

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• Thin Lens Equation (f = focal length; p = object distance; q = image distance):

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