Homework Assignment #3
Light Rays, Reflection and Index of Refraction
What you will learn from this section
- What we mean by a light ray
- How rectilinear propagation leads to the formation of
shadows
- How rectilinear propagation leads to the formation of pinhole
images
- The law of reflection
- optics vocabulary for this section:
- rectilinear propagation
- normal line
- angle of incidence/incident ray
- specular
- diffuse
How to approach this material
- Read Chapter 2, Geometric Optics, from pages 15- page 20
(top)
- Read the additional notes in this folder
- Visit these web sites:
- Do the homework problems in this folder.
- Do Lab Experiment #2, Light and Shadows
If you have questions
- Send me an email
- Post a question in the discussion forum
- Stop by the Virtual Classroom during posted office hours. If
you have technical difficulties with the VC, let me know via
email.
When you are finished
- Email your homework to me by the due date (see the assignment
folder)
- Post lab results as directed.