Optics Flashcards
Red
650-750
Orange
592-650
Yellow
560-592
Green
500-560
Blue
446-500
Violet
400-446
Conventions for light rays
Travel from left to right
Travel away from the source
Can be acted upon by mirrors, lenses and prisms
Index of refraction
Glass
1.523
Air
1.00
Cornea
1.376
CR39
1.50
Polycarbonate
1.586
Trivex
1.53
Crown glass
1.53
Converging lenses
Plus lenses
Convex lens (base to base)
Diverging lenses
Minus lens
Concave lens (apex to apex?
Minus space
In front of lens
Plus space
Behind the lens
Real imagie
Plus/convex
Virtual image
Minus/concave
Focal length formula
D=1/f
Surface power formula
F1=n’-n/r
Nominal power formula
Ft=f1+f2
Spherocylinder approximation
F0= FcylSin^2°+Fsph
Prentices formula
P=cD
P=cF
Sagittal depth formula
Sag=r squareroot r2-(d/2)^2
Approximate sag formula
Sag= (d/2)^2D/2000(n-1)
Vergence power of lens
U+P = V
Distance of the object from the lens
U=1/u
Distance of the image from the lens
V=1/v
T/F
Light travels slowest in crown glass
True