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Clayon Harrison
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Facts about Light:
Light travels in a straight line
Light travels through a vacum
Light can be thought of as a wave or as a
stream of particles
Light changes direction when it leaves one
medium and enters another
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We see objects because light bounces offthem. This bouncing is called reflection.
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The normal is an imaginary linewhich is drawn perpendicular top themirror.
A ray which is normal to the mirror isreflected along its original path .
The LAWS OF REFLECTION:
The angle of incidence equals theangle of reflection
The incident ray ,normal andreflected ray all lie on the sameplane.
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Features of the image formed by a planemirror
The image is virtual. Rays of light do not pas
through the image they only appear to do so.
The image is the same size as the object. The image is the same distance behind the
mirror as it is in front of it.
The image is upright
The image is latterally inverted.EG your right
hand when viewed in the mirror looks like a
left hamnd
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Light bends or changes direction if it leaves
one medium and enters another of a
different optical density. This bending or
change in direction is called refraction
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Rays of light travelling from one medium intoan optically denser medium are bent
towards the normal. AIR GLASS
Rays travelling into an optically less densemedium are bent away from the normal.
Rays normal to the surface are not deviated.
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The laws of refraction :
The incident , the normal and the refracted
rays all lie in the same plane.
The sine of the angle of incidence divided by
the sine of the angle of refraction is a
constant known as the refractive index. This
is know as SNELLS LAW.
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The refractive index is represented by the
symbol1n
2, where the 1 refers to the
incident medium and 2 refers to the
refracting medium.
1n2 = sini/sinr
= real depth/apparent depth
= speed of light in the incident medium
speed of light in the refracted medium
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The principle of reversibility of light states that the
paths of light rays are reversible .This means that
if a ray of light is sent in the exact opposite
direction it will follow the same path.
From medium 1 to 2 we use 1n2 for the refractive
index.
1n2 = sin isin r
Where angle i is in medium 1 and angle r is in
medium 2
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For a ray travelling in the opposite directionfrom medium 2 into medium 1. We use 2n1
2n1 = sin r
sin i
From the two relations we can see that
2n1= 11n2
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The conditions for total internal reflection tooccur are:
Light must be travelling to a less dense
medium
The angle of incidence must be greater than
the critical angle.
The angle of incidence for which the angle of
refraction is 90 is known as the critical
angle
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Applications :
Right angled prisms are
used in periscopes
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Right angled prisms are used in binoculars to give an image that is theright way up
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Interesting!!!!!!!!!! Total internal reflectionaccounts for the sparkle of diamonds
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An OPTICAL FIBRE is a thin glass or plastic
fibre with diameter between .01 and .05mm.
The critical angle for glass is 42.
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For a ray of light going from glass to air , the angle ofincidence i equals the critical angle c when the angle ofrefraction r is just 90 :
i= c and r =90
The refractive index from glass to air gna is given by :
gna = sin i = sin c = sin csin r sin 90 1
Therefore sin c = gna = 1 (principle of reversibility of light)
ang
Or sin c = 1
refractive index of glass
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Thus if the refractive index of glass ang = 1.5 ,we have:
sin c = 1 = 0.67
1.5
Therefore critical angle of glass = 42
In general the critical angle c between a
medium of refractive index n and the air isgiven by: sin c = 1 or n= 1
n sin c
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Light entering at 42 undergoes a series oftotal internal reflections before emerging.
Bundles of fibre are used to send information
especially in telecommunications
A laser beam moving through a single optical
fibre can carry thousands of telephone
conversations and several TV programmes atthe same time.
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The principle of Superposition states that at apoint where two waves meet, the
instantaneous displacement is the vector sum
of the individual displacements due to each
wave at that point.
Where superposition takes place the waves are
said to be superposed.
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Diffraction is the spreading of light waves when
they encounter obstacles or pass through
openings which have widths close to the
wavelength of the wave. The narrower the
opening the greater the extent of diffraction.
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The ability of wave motions to combinetogether is known as the principle of
superposition. What happens when they
combine is called interference.
There are two types of interference
Constructive waves are in phase
Destructive
waves are in antiphase
Other phase differences will produce
amplitudes between the two extremes.
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Conditions for two source interference.
1. Similar (almost identical frequency)
2. Equal or nearly equal amplitude
3. Coherent Sources which means they must
have zero or a constant phase difference.
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Some degree of coherence is necessary toobserve interference.
If two waves originate from independentsources, such as incandescent bulbs or gasdischarge lamps, the waves will be mutuallyincoherent.
Laser sources, though independent, can
possess sufficient mutual coherence forinterference to occur.
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L
d
Note: L >>d and d >>
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x>>d
Note: L >>d and d >> Tan = yL
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md sin
)2
1(sin md
Where d is slit separationm is a whole number
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