HW #2, Due Sep.

Chapter 2
P7, P12, P16, PH1, PH2
This Lecture:

Chapter 2

Geometric Optics

Reading Assignment: All Chapter 2

By the way, what is refractive index?!!

Geometrical Optics (Chapter 2)

When objects are much larger than the wavelength

Light Rays (Ray Optics)

 Shadows

*Shadow-point source
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/shadows/pointShadow.html

*Shadow: Extended Source

http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/shadows/extendedShadow.html
Solar Eclipse: Aug. 11 1999

SUN

Moon

Earth
The Lunar Eclipse
 Pinhole Camera

*Pinhole Camera
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/pinholes/pinhole.html
Depth of Image and more

2 pinholes
The effect of pinhole size
Diffraction
 Reflection

*Oscillating Charge Field

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/fieldwaves.html
Law of Reflection
Normal
 Mirrors

Why metals reflect light?

Why do they appear certain color?
Why can we listen to radio stations far away?

•Silvered and half-silvered mirrors

•First-surface and second-surface mirrors

*Oscillating Charge Field

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/fieldwaves.html
 •Reflectivity (how much is reflected?)

•Grazing Incidence Reflection

(glass windows, water surfaces, waxed floors, etc.)
Who sees me in the mirror?!

(field of view)
Sun Pillars and Sub Suns
Ice Crystals
 Sub Sun

A bright subsun looking downwards from 11,000m over Italy, late afternoon 18th July
1995. The halo was intermittently visible over the southern and central parts of the
country covered by a thin cirrus sheet. The halo elongated and contracted as the tilts of
the plate crystal mirrors changed. Reflections from lakes and rivers shine through the
cloud. Video by Les Cowley.
Sub Sun
http://www.members.tripod.com/~regenbogen/englisch/atlas.htm
Sun Pillar
 Multiple Reflections
Example: Second Surface Mirrors
Corner Reflectors