Unit 13 · Geometric Optics

Chapter 13.1

Reflection and Images in Mirrors

Your reflection in a flat mirror stands exactly as far behind the glass as you stand in front, in a place no light ever reaches. Curve the mirror and that image can move, flip, and grow.

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By the end

  1. 01Model light as rays and apply the law of reflection, distinguishing specular from diffuse reflection
  2. 02Locate the image in a plane mirror and the focal point of a spherical mirror
  3. 03Find image position, size, orientation, and type with principal-ray diagrams and the mirror equation
  4. 04Apply the sign convention consistently for concave and convex mirrors

In unit 13

  1. 13.1Reflection and Images in Mirrors
  2. 13.2Refraction and Total Internal Reflection
  3. 13.3Images Formed by Lenses
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