Department of Mechanical Engineering

Course No. Phy-131, Session: 2019-20, L-1, T-1

Course Teacher: Dr. Animesh Kumer Chakraborty

Lectures 24

Optical Instruments: Eyepieces

Eyepieces

Microscopes and telescopes suffer from various defects due to

(i) Chromatic aberration of the lenses used
(ii) Spherical aberration

The first defect is removed by using achromatic combination of

lenses and the second defect is removed by using the more
spherical surfaces towards the incoming parallel rays.

An eyepiece, or ocular lens, is a type of lens that is attached to

a variety of optical devices such as telescopes and microscopes. It
is so named because it is usually the lens that is closest to the eye
when someone looks through the device. The objective lens or
mirror collects light and brings it to focus creating an image. The
eyepiece is placed near the focal point of the objective to magnify
this image. The amount of magnification depends on the focal
length of the eyepiece.
Huygens Eyepiece
Huygens Eyepiece
Huygens Eyepiece
Cardinal Points of a Huygens Eyepiece
 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course No. Phy-131, Session: 2019-20, L-1, T-1
Course Teacher: Dr. Animesh Kumer Chakraborty

Lectures 25

Optical Instruments: Eyepieces

Ramsden’s Eyepiece
Cardinal Points of a Ramsden’s Eyepiece
Cardinal Points of a Ramsden’s Eyepiece
Comparison between Huygen’s and Ramsden’s Eyepieces
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