Chapter 5-Light rays

The Ray model of light

Images in Plane Mirrors

Images in Curved Mirrors

particle model of the light

ray model of the light

Light and Matter

Opaque

Transcluent

Transparent

Rectilinear propagation

Light's reflection

Specular reflection

Diffuse reflection

The law of reflection

angle of reflection

angle of incidence

normal

reflected ray

Incident ray

Ray diagrams

Light's refraction

extended ray

Virtual images

SPOT

Image distance

upright

Object distance

invert (not up-side down)

Concave Mirror

Convex mirror

  1. If it is between 2F and the focal point
  1. If it is located further than 2F
  1. If it is between the focal point and the mirror

If it is behind the mirror, the image is virtual but if it is in front of the mirror, it is the real image.