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This document provides information about light, lenses, and mirrors. It discusses (1) how a convex lens forms an image of an object, including drawing ray paths; (2) how the refractive index affects the bending of light at the interface between two mediums like water and glass; and (3) the characteristics of an image formed by a plane mirror. It also provides background on lasers, optical fibers, and remote sensing.

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This document provides information about light, lenses, and mirrors. It discusses (1) how a convex lens forms an image of an object, including drawing ray paths; (2) how the refractive index affects the bending of light at the interface between two mediums like water and glass; and (3) the characteristics of an image formed by a plane mirror. It also provides background on lasers, optical fibers, and remote sensing.

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General Physics SCES3383

LIGHT

Image formed by Lens

1. Diagram 1 shows an object, O with height 2 cm placed on the left side of a convex
lens, X. The focal length of the convex lens is 10 cm.

Diagram 1

(a) On Diagram 1 draw the ray path from the object to form an image.

(b) State the characteristics of the image formed.

(c) If the object is placed at a distance 30 cm from the lens, calculate:


(i) the image distance.

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General Physics SCES3383

2 Diagram 2.1 shows a ray of light travels from air to water.


Diagram 2.2 shows a ray of light travels from air to a thick glass block
The refractive index of water and glass is 1.33 and 1.50 respectively

50°
50° air
air
Glass
block
water

Diagram 2.1 Diagram 2.2

(a) In Diagram 2.1, the ray in the water is bent toward normal at a certain angle.

( i ) In the glass block in Diagram 2.2, draw the refracted ray, with the help from
Snell’ Law

( ii ) Why the angle in the glass block is different from the water.

3. Image formed by reflection of a plane mirror

The diagram Characteristics:

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Laser
“Laser” is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser is created
when the electrons in atoms in special glasses, crystals, or gases absorb energy from an electrical
current or another laser and become “excited.” The excited electrons move from a lower-energy orbit to
a higher-energy orbit around the atom’s nucleus. When they return to their normal or “ground” state, the
electrons emit photons (particles of light).

These photons are all at the same wavelength and are “coherent,” meaning the crests and troughs of
the light waves are all in lockstep. In contrast, ordinary visible light comprises multiple wavelengths and
is not coherent.

Laser light is different from normal light in other ways as well. First, its light contains only one wavelength
(one specific color). The particular wavelength of light is determined by the amount of energy released
when the excited electron drops to a lower orbit. Second, laser light is directional. Whereas a laser
generates a very tight beam, a flashlight produces light that is diffuse. Because laser light is coherent, it
stays focused for vast distances, even to the moon and back.

Optical fiber
Optical fiber (or "fiber optic") refers to the medium and the
technology associated with the transmission of information as
light pulses along a glass or plastic strand or fiber. Optical fiber
carries much more information than conventional copper wire
and is in general not subject to electromagnetic interference
and the need to retransmit signals. Most telephone company
long-distance lines are now made of optical fiber.

Remote Sensing
Remote sensing is the art and science of making measurements of the earth using sensors on
airplanes or satellites. These sensors collect data in the form of images and provide specialized
capabilities for manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing those images.

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