University of St Andrews
School of Physics and Astronomy
3. Imaging
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Associated tutorial questions (St Andrews only)
- What is an image?
- How can an image be formed? :- pinhole camera, lens, (mirrors covered later)
- What shape does the lens need to be?
- Interactive demo of a converging lens bringing rays from one point all together again at another - the image. From Lightlink
- Interactive demo of a diverging lens forming a virtual image. From Lightlink
- Raytracing and focal length of a lens
Not part of our course, but of potential interest, is the use of satellites to image the earth. I find it amazing the amount of detail that can now be seen from above the atmosphere.
Similar material to that presented in the lectures is available at:-
- Halliday, Resnick, & Walker - Chapters on:- Images
- University of Rochester - Reflection and Refraction at spherical surfaces
Associated tutorial questions (St Andrews only)
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