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Optical Instruments: Application of Mirrors and Lenses

This document discusses several common optical instruments and how they use lenses and mirrors to process light waves and produce images. It provides ray diagrams and explanations for how the human eye, cameras, binoculars, telescopes, projectors, and periscopes work. For each instrument, it outlines how light enters and is redirected by lenses or mirrors to form an image. The comparison section and references provide additional details on similarities and differences between the optical instruments.

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Optical Instruments: Application of Mirrors and Lenses

This document discusses several common optical instruments and how they use lenses and mirrors to process light waves and produce images. It provides ray diagrams and explanations for how the human eye, cameras, binoculars, telescopes, projectors, and periscopes work. For each instrument, it outlines how light enters and is redirected by lenses or mirrors to form an image. The comparison section and references provide additional details on similarities and differences between the optical instruments.

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Optical

Instruments
Application of Mirrors
and Lenses
 Illustrate the ray diagram
of common optical
instruments
 Explain how each uses light
waves to produce image
Optical instruments
 are the devices that process
light waves to enhance an
image for a more clear view.
The use of optical instruments,
such as a magnifying lens or
any complicated device like a
microscope or telescope,
usually makes things bigger
and helps us see in a more
detailed manner.
The Human Eye
 When light hits the retina (a
light-sensitive layer of tissue at
the back of the eye), special
cells called photoreceptors turn
the light into electrical signals.
These electrical signals travel
from the retina through the
optic nerve to the brain. Then
the brain turns the signals into
the images you see.
The Camera
 A camera lens takes all the
light rays bouncing around
and uses glass to redirect
them to a single point,
creating a sharp image.
When all of those light rays
meet back together on a
digital camera sensor or a
piece of film, they create a
sharp image.
COMPARISON
RAY DIAGRAM
Binoculars

 When someone looks through


a pair of binoculars light
enters through a lens, called
an objective lens, in each side.
The objective lenses turn the
image being viewed upside
down. Then the light passes
through the prisms. The prisms
turn the image right side up
and reflect it toward
eyepieces.
RAY DIAGRAM
Telescope
 Light entering a reflector will
bounce off of an objective
mirror at the back of the
telescope, will have the light
redirected by a secondary
mirror to a different focal
point, and will then have the
image magnified by an
eyepiece for you to see.
RAY DIAGRAM
RAY DIAGRAM
Projector
 A projector is simply a
technological device that is
used to project an image from
a computer, TV or gaming
system onto a screen. It works
by shining and filtering light
through a small, transparent
lens, and projecting this onto a
screen.
RAY DIAGRAM
Periscope
 A periscope is an optical
instrument that uses a system
of prisms, lenses or mirrors to
reflect images through a tube.
Light from a distant object
strikes the top mirror and is
then reflected at an angle of 90
degrees down the periscope
tube.
RAY DIAGRAM
REFERENCES
• https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/healthy-vision/how-eyes-
work
• https://www.creativelive.com/photography-guides/how-does-a-camera-
work
• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/binoculars/400085
• https://study.com/academy/lesson/light-collecting-area-angular-
resolution-of-telescopes
• https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-physical-science-
flexbook-2.0/section/19.9/primary/lesson/optical-instruments-ms-ps/
• https://www.lg.com/uk/lg-projector/how-does-an-led-projector-work

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