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Ch 8 - Light and Optics Flashcards

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electromagnetic spectrum from lowest energy to highest energy

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radio waves (wavelength range from 10^9 - 1 m), microwaves (1 m - 1 mm), infrared (1 mm - 700 nm), visible light (700 nm - 400 nm), ultraviolet (400 - 50 nm), x-rays (50 - 10^-2 nm), gamma rays (less than 10^-2 nm)

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electromagnetic waves

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transverse waves - oscillating electric and magnetic field vectors are perpendicular to the direction of propagation and each field is perpendicular to each other.

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common units of wavelength

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mm (10^-3 m), fancy um (mu) (10^-6 m), nm (10^9 m) and A with a circle at the point (angstrom, 10^-10 m)

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visible spectrum from lowest to highest energy

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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet (roy g bv)

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speed of light

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EM waves travel this fast in a vacuum and in air: c = 3.00 x 10^8 m/s

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equation for speed of light

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c = f x wavelength; f = frequency; c = speed of light in air and vacuum

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approximate wavelength boundaries of the visible spectrum

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400-700 nm

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blackbody

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ideal absorber of all wavelengths of light, which would appear completely back if it were at a lower temp than its surroundings

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rectilinear propagation

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concept that light travelling through a homogenous medium will travel in a straight line

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reflection

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rebounding of incident light waves at the boundary of a medium

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law of reflection

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theta sub 1 = theta sub 2 (angles of reflection); theta sub 1 = angle of incident and theta sub 2 = reflected angle

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normal (in reference to reflection)

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a line drawn perpendicular to the boundary of a medium; all angles in optics are measured from the normal, not the surface of the medium

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real image

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image in which the light actually converges at the position of the image; this image can be projected onto a screen

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virtual image

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image in which the light only appears to be coming from the position of the image but does not actually converge there

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plane mirrors

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flat reflective surfaces that cause neither convergence nor divergence of reflected light rays; because light does not converge at all, these always created virtual images because reflected light remains in front of the mirror but the image appears behind the mirror

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spherical mirrors

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come in two varieties: concave and convex and have associated center of curvature (C) and radius of curvature (r)

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center of curvature

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point on the optical axis located at a distance equal to the radius of curvature from the vertex of the mirror; the center of the spherically shaped mirror if it were a complete sphere

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concave mirror

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also called converging mirrors; edges coming towards you; center of curvature and radius of curvature are located in front of the mirror

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convex

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also called diverging mirrors; surface coming towards you; edges away; center of curvature and radius of curvature are behind the mirror

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focal length (f) of mirror

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distance between focal point (F) and mirror

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focal length for spherical mirror

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f = r/2 where radius of curvature (r) is distance between C (center of curvature) and the mirror

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relationship between four important distances of spherical mirrors

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1/f = 1/o + 1/i = 2/r; where f = focal length, o = distance between object and mirror, i = distance between image and mirror, r = radius of curvature

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image distance greater than 0

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real image which implies that the image is in front of the mirror

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image distance less than 0

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virtual image; image is behind the mirror

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magnification (m)

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dimensionless value that is the ratio of the image distance to the object distance (m = -i/o); also gives ratio of the size of the image to the size of the object

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inverted image

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negative magnification value

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upright image

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positive magnification value

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what happens to image where |m| < 1

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image is smaller than object

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what happens to image if |m| > 1

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image is larger than the object

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what happens if image is |m| = 1

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image is same size as object

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ray diagram

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gets approximations of where an image is using o, C, F, and I

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axis

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the normal passing through the center of the mirror

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converging (concave mirror): if object is between focal point and mirror

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image is virtual, upright and magnified

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converging (concave mirror): if object is beyond focal point

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image is real, inverted and magnified

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converging (concave mirror): if object is placed at focal point

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no image is produced. i = infinity

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image produced by diverging mirror

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virtual, upright and reduced only

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when i is positive or negative

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positive i indicates image is in front of mirror (real); negative indicates image is behind mirror (virtual)

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when o is positive or negative

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positive indicates object is in front of mirror; negative is very rare and indicates object is behind mirror

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when r is positive or negative

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positive radius indicates mirror is concave (converging); negative indicates mirror is diverging (convex)

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when f is positive or negative

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positive indicates mirror is concave (converging); negative indicates mirror is convex (diverging)

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when m is positive or negative

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positive indicates image is upright (erect); negative indicates image is inverted

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refraction

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bending of light as it passes from one medium to another and changes speed; speed is always less than through a vacuum

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Snell’s Law

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when light is in any medium besides a vacuum speed is less than c and is given by n = c/v; where c = speed of light in vacuum, v = speed of light in the medium, and n = dimensionless quantity called index of refraction of the medium

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equation relating to Snell’s Law as light passes from one medium to another

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n sub 1 sin theta sub 1 = n sub 2 sin theta sub 2; n sub 1 = index of refraction of medium from which the light is coming and theta sub 1 = angle of refraction in reference to the normal from this medium and sub 2 = same of medium to which light is going

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critical angle

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theta sub c; angle at which refracted angle (theta sub 2) = 90 degrees; refracted light ray passes along the interface between the two media

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critical angle equation

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theta sub c = sin^-1 ((n sub 2)/n sub 1);

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total internal reflection

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phenomenon in which all the light incident on a boundary is reflected back into the original material; results with any angle of incidence greater than the critical angle (theta sub c)

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difference between lenses and mirrors

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lenses refract light while mirrors reflect it; also lenses have two surfaces that affect the light path: from an object through the air into the glass lens (first surface); and through the glass until it reaches the other side, where again it travels out of the glass and into the air (second surface); two focal points and focal length can be measured in either direction from the center

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thin spherical lens focal length

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have one focal length because the two are the same to one side and the other

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formulas for finding distance and magnification for thin spherical lenses

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1/f = 1/o + 1/i = 2/r and m = -i/o. f = focal length, o = object distance, i = image distance, m = magnification

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real lens focal length (lensmaker’s equation)

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1/f = (n - 1) ((1/r sub 1) - (1/ r sub 2)); n = index of refraction for lens material; r sub 1 = radius of curvature for first lens surface; r sub 2 is for second lens surface

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meaning when o is positive or negative for single lenses

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positive means object is on same side of lens as light source; negative means object is on opposite side of lens (extremely rare)

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meaning when i is positive or negative for single lenses

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positive means image is on opposite side of lens from light source (real); negative means image is on same side as light source (virtual)

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meaning when r is positive or negative for single lenses

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positive means lens is convex (converging); negative means lens is concave (diverging)

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meaning when f is positive or negative for single lenses

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positive means lens is convex (converging); negative means lens is concave (diverging)

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meaning when m is positive or negative for single lenses

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positive means image is upright (erect); negative means image is inverted

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Power of lens

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measured in diopters: P = 1/f; where f = focal length and is in meters; P is positive for converging lens and negative for diverging

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nearsighted people need

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diverging lenses (nearsightedness is myopia)

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farsighted people need

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converging lenses (farsightedness is hyperopia)

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focal length of multiple lenses in system

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1/f = 1/f sub 1 + 1/f sub 2 + 1/f sub 3 …. etc

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power of multiple lenses in system

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P = P sub 1 + P sub 2 etc

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magnification for multiple lens systems

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m = m sub 1 x m sub 2 … etc

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aberrations

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specific types of errors found in mirrors and lenses

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spherical aberration

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blurring of the periphery of an image as a result of inadequate reflection of parallel beams at the edge of a mirror or inadequate refraction of parallel beams at the edge of a lens

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dispersion

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when various wavelengths of light separate from each other

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chromatic aberration

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dispersive effect within a spherical lens which causes a rainbow halo around images

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Diffraction

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refers to spreading out of light as it passes through a narrow opening or around an obstacle

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location of dark fringes (minima) in diffraction

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a sin theta = n x wavelength; a = width of the slit through which light is passing; theta = angle between line drawn from the center of the lens to the dark fringe and that axis of the lens; n = an integer indicating the number of the fringe; wavelength = incident wave

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interference

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when waves interact with each other this is the process of the displacement of the waves added together

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positions of dark fringes (minima) on a screen

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d sin theta = (n + (1/2)) x wavelength; d = distance between the two slits; theta = angle between the line drawn from the midpoint between the two slits to the dark fringe and the normal; n = integer indicating number of the fringe; wavelength is incident wave

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Diffraction gratings

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consist of multiple slits arranged in patters; can create colorful patterns similar to a prism as the different wavelengths interfere in characteristic patterns

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light fringes

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created from multiple slit systems; result from constructive and destructive interference between light rays

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plane-polarized light

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also called linearly polarized light; light in which electric fields of all the waves are oriented in the same direction (their electric field vectors are parallel)

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