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Physical & Geometrical Optics, Course code (PGOL-601) BS SLP: Course outlines

Geometrical optics, or ray optics, is a model of optics that describes light propagation in terms of rays. The ray in geometrical optics is an abstraction useful for approximating the paths along which light propagates under certain circumstances.

Course contents

COURSE CONTENTS

  • Introduction of physics, Principles of Radiant energy, Emission spectra black body
  • Interference phenomena, thin film lens coating
  • Properties of light rays, Polarization, Diffraction,
  • Refraction & Reflection, definition, properties
  • Color and color related properties: photo-electric effect photo-chemical effect
  • Photometric principles, unit’s measurements, Luminance
  • Spherical aberration, overview types
  • Coaxial system of spherical surfaces
  • Vergence, vergence power and distance relation
  • Prism, deviation, dispersion
  • Magnification, types, examples
  • Cylinder sphere, toric surface

Optical characters of eye, eye as camera

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