Chapter 34: Q. 1 (page 990)
A point source of light illuminates an aperture away. A wide bright patch of light appears on a screen behind the aperture. How wide is the aperture?
Short Answer
The aperture width,
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Chapter 34: Q. 1 (page 990)
A point source of light illuminates an aperture away. A wide bright patch of light appears on a screen behind the aperture. How wide is the aperture?
The aperture width,
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A dentist uses a curved mirror to view the back side of teeth in the upper jaw. Suppose she wants an upright image with a magnification of 1.5 when the mirror is 1.2 cm from a tooth. Should she use a convex or a concave mirror? What focal length should it have?
Paraxial light rays approach a transparent sphere parallel to an optical axis passing through the center of the sphere. The rays come to a focus on the far surface of the sphere. What is the sphere’s index of refraction?
A keratometer is an optical device used to measure the radius of curvature of the eye’s cornea—its entrance surface. This measurement is especially important when fitting contact lenses, which must match the cornea’s curvature. Most light incident on the eye is transmitted into the eye, but some light reflects from the cornea, which, due to its curvature, acts like a convex mirror. The keratometer places a small, illuminated ring of known diameter 7.5 cm in front of the eye. The optometrist, using an eyepiece, looks through the center of this ring and sees a small virtual image of the ring that appears to be behind the cornea. The optometrist uses a scale inside the eyepiece to measure the diameter of the image and calculate its magnification. Suppose the optometrist finds that the magnification for one patient is 0.049. What is the absolute value of the radius of curvature of her cornea?
FIGURE EXshows a transparent hemisphere with radius and index of refraction What is the maximum distance for which a light ray parallel to the axis refracts out through the curved surface?
The glass core of an optical fiber has an index of refraction. The index of refraction of the cladding is. What is the maximum angle a light ray can make with the wall of the core if it is to remain inside the fiber?
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