Optics¶
Optics is the branch of physics which is concerned with light and its behavioural pattern and properties. It studies electromagnetic radiation (usually in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared spectrum), including its interactions with matter and instruments that use or detect it.
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- Geometrical Optics
- Invariants (Geometrical Optics)
- Lenses
- Lens focus from object and image
- Linear magnification from distance to object and distance to image
- Linear magnification from object height and image height
- Optical power from focus distance
- Optical power from thin lens radii and refractive indices
- Optical power of spherical lens from refractive indices and distances
- Mirrors
- Prisms
- Refraction (Geometrical Optics)
- Telescopes
- Wave Optics