Book contents
- A Practical Guide to Experimental Geometrical Optics
- A Practical Guide to Experimental Geometrical Optics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Markets for Optical Materials, Components, Accessories, Light Sources, and Detectors
- 2 Introduction to Optical Experiments: Production, Management, Detection, and Measurement of Light
- 3 Light Detectors Based on Semiconductors: Photoresistors, Photodiodes in a Photo-Galvanic Regime – Principles of Operation and Measurement
- 4 Linear Light Detectors Based on Photodiodes
- 5 Basic Laws of Geometrical Optics: Experimental Verification
- 6 Converging and Diverging Thin Lenses
- 7 Thick Lenses
- 8 Lens Systems
- 9 Simple Optical Instruments I: The Eye and the Magnifier, Eyepieces, and Telescopes
- 10 Simple Optical Instruments II: Light Illuminators and Microscopes
- 11 Spherical Mirrors
- 12 Introduction to Optical Aberrations
- 13 Elements of Optical Radiometry
- 14 Cylindrical Lenses and Vials
- 15 Methods of Geometrical Optics to Measure Refractive Index
- 16 Dispersion of Light and Prism Spectroscope
- 17 Elements of Computer-Aided Optical Design
- Index
- References
5 - Basic Laws of Geometrical Optics: Experimental Verification
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2018
Book contents
- A Practical Guide to Experimental Geometrical Optics
- A Practical Guide to Experimental Geometrical Optics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Markets for Optical Materials, Components, Accessories, Light Sources, and Detectors
- 2 Introduction to Optical Experiments: Production, Management, Detection, and Measurement of Light
- 3 Light Detectors Based on Semiconductors: Photoresistors, Photodiodes in a Photo-Galvanic Regime – Principles of Operation and Measurement
- 4 Linear Light Detectors Based on Photodiodes
- 5 Basic Laws of Geometrical Optics: Experimental Verification
- 6 Converging and Diverging Thin Lenses
- 7 Thick Lenses
- 8 Lens Systems
- 9 Simple Optical Instruments I: The Eye and the Magnifier, Eyepieces, and Telescopes
- 10 Simple Optical Instruments II: Light Illuminators and Microscopes
- 11 Spherical Mirrors
- 12 Introduction to Optical Aberrations
- 13 Elements of Optical Radiometry
- 14 Cylindrical Lenses and Vials
- 15 Methods of Geometrical Optics to Measure Refractive Index
- 16 Dispersion of Light and Prism Spectroscope
- 17 Elements of Computer-Aided Optical Design
- Index
- References
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- A Practical Guide to Experimental Geometrical Optics , pp. 50 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
Primary Sources
Pedrotti, F. L., Pedrotti, S. J. L., Pedrotti, L. M., Introduction to Optics, 3rd edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007Google Scholar
Fundamentals of Photonics, Roychoudhuri, C. (editor), Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press, 2008. This tutorial text is available via a free download using link http://spie.org/x17229.xml.Google Scholar
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Handbook of Optics, Driscoll, W. G. (editor), Vaughan, W. (associate editor), New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978Google Scholar
Chapter 2 of this bookGoogle Scholar