Images from a mirrorProf. Stephen Sekula11/22/2010Supplementary Material for PHY1308 (General Physics – Electricity and Magnetism)Announcements●Homework 12:●Due Tuesday by 5pm (covers chapter 30)●Homework 13:●Available on Tuesday●Due Tuesday, Nov. 30 by 5pmLight is an Electromagnetic wavec= fTreated as “RAYS” in opticsIncident laser beamIncident laser beamReflected laser beam11'Plane Mirrorparabolic reflectorHubble Space Telescope: Before and after repairconcave mirrorAxisCenter of the mirrorCCenter of Curvature(where all radii meet)FFocal Point (where incident parallel rays focus)concave mirrorAxisC FOIincident parallel rayincident focal rayReal, inverted, reduced imageconcave mirrorAxisC FOIReal, inverted, enlarged imageconcave mirrorAxisC FOIVirtual, upright, enlarged imageConvex mirrorAxisCFOIVirtual, upright, reduced imageDeriving the mirror equationAxisC FOIhh'Deriving the mirror equationAxisC FOIhh'Consider only the mirror-central rays'sDeriving the mirror equationAxisC FOIhh'Consider only the incident parallel
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