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Geometrical Optics / Mirror and Lenses
OutlineReflectionPlane Mirrors Concave/Convex Mirrors RefractionLensesDispersion
 
Geometrical Optics
In describing the propagation of light as a wave we need to understand:wavefronts:a surface passing through points of a wave that have the same phase and amplitude.rays:a ray describes the direction of wave propagation.  A ray is a vector perpendicular to the wavefront.
 
Reflection and Refraction
When a light ray travels from one medium to another, part of theincident light is reflected and part of the light is transmitted at the boundary between the two media.The transmitted part is said to be refractedin the second medium.
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*In 1678 the great Dutch physicist Christian Huygens (1629-1695) wrote a treatise called
Traitede la Lumiere
on the wave theory of light, and in this work he stated that the wavefrontof a propagating wave of light at any instant conforms to the envelope of spherical wavelets emanating from every point on the wavefrontat the prior instant. From this simple principle Huygens was able to derive the laws of reflection and refraction
 
incident rayreflected rayrefracted ray

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