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Chapter 35 Serway & Jewett 6 th Ed. How to View Light. As a Ray. As a Wave. As a Particle. The limit of geometric (ray) optics, valid for lenses, mirrors, etc. What happens to a plane wave passing through an aperture?. Point Source Generates spherical Waves. { }. E o B o.
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Chapter 35 Serway & Jewett 6th Ed.
How to View Light As a Ray As aWave As a Particle
The limit of geometric (ray) optics, valid for lenses, mirrors, etc. What happens to a plane wave passing through an aperture? Point Source Generates spherical Waves
{ } Eo Bo cos (kx - t) y E x B Surface of constant phase For fixed t, when kx = constant z
Index of Refraction 1 n1 = 2 n2
When material absorbs light at a particular frequency,the index of refraction can become smaller than 1!
Fundamental Rules forReflectionandRefractionin the limit of Ray Optics • Huygens’s Principle • Fermat’s Principle • Electromagnetic Wave Boundary Conditions
Huygens’s Principle k All points on a wave front act as new sources for the production of spherical secondary waves Fig 35-17a, p.1108
Incoming ray Outgoing ray Reflection According to Huygens • Side-Side-Side • AA’C ADC 1 = 1’
Show via Huygens’s Principle Snell’s Law v1 = c in medium n1=1 and v2 = c/n2 in medium n2 > 1.
Fundamental Rules forReflectionandRefractionin the limit of Ray Optics • Huygens’s Principle • Fermat’s Principle • Electromagnetic Wave Boundary Conditions
Fermat’s Principle and Reflection A light ray traveling from one fixed point to another will follow a path such that the time required is an extreme point – either a maximum or a minimum.
n1 sin 1 = n2 sin 2 Snell’s Law Rules for Reflection and Refraction
L L P S Optical Path Length (OPL) n = 1 n > 1 For n = 1.5, OPL is 50% larger than L When n constant, OPL = n geometric length.
Fermat’s Principle, Revisited A ray of light in going from point S to point Pwill travel an optical path (OPL) that minimizes the OPL. That is, it is stationary with respect to variations in the OPL.
Fundamental Rules forReflectionandRefractionin the limit of Ray Optics • Huygens’s Principle • Fermat’s Principle • Electromagnetic Wave Boundary Conditions
ki = (ki,x,ki,y) kr = (kr,x,kr,y) kt = (kt,x,kt,y)