Homework Assignment #6
Thin Lens Equation- Love those fractions!
What you will learn from this
section
- How to locate images of lenses
algebraically using the thin lens equation
- How to predict the size and orientation of
images
- Limitations to the thin lens
equation
- optics vocabulary for this
section:
- real image
- virtual image
- magnification
- spherical aberration
- chromatic aberration
How to approach this material
- Read section 3, Geometric Optics, from
pages 42- page 50 (top) Pay particular attention to the examples
using the thin lens equation.
- Visit this web site. You can choose more
than one lens and change the focal length as well as lens and
object position.
- Do the homework problems.
If you have questions
- Send an email
- Post a question in the discussion
forum
- Talk with a mentor, or another student (we
learn best when we help each other!)
- Stop by the Virtual Classroom during posted
office hours
When you are finished
- Email your homework
to me by the due date.
- Check the calendar for the due date for the
lab.