天才一秒记住【狂风中文网】地址：https://www.kfzw.net
Chapter2Lightrays
banner"
>
Takingaselfierequiresthatthephonecameraispoiowardsyou.It’sobviousthatthisisnecessaryifyouaretobeiure.Butthissimplefadiethingaboutthe:toseeanimageofaherehasthtliheobjethiscaseyou）andthes.Thisisusuallycalledthe‘li’.Thuslightissomethingthatpropagatesinastraightliheobjecttotheviewer.Ihisiswhatwemightexpeeoftypesoflightsource.Eye-gvisualefecertsaregeedusinglasers，illumiageandtheperformerswithchtbeams.Laserpointersareoalksorlephasizeimagesorwordsohebeamproducedbythesetlightsourcesishighlyfocused，hardlydivergingatallevenacrossabighall.Itgoesinastraightline-youpoihedirewhereyouwaogo，anditdoesso.
Belightdoesnotobviouslyexhibitthischaracteristic，itrequiredsomethinkihatthepropagationoflightinastraightlilywhatwasouandwhydistasappearedtobesmallerthannearerowasknownthattheywere，ihesamesizephysically.
5.Eustruofraysshowingwhyobjeesizelooksmallerwhehera>
&thattheceptht-liiohisefectisattributedtoEuclid，wreearound300bce.Hisidea，fromobooksonoptics，isillustratedinFigure5.Imagiwoli’scallthemrays-ohetopoftheobject（apillarinthiscase）totheobserver’seye，aiomoftheobjecttotheeye.Theaheseisrelatedtotheappareheimageofthisobjectthatweperceive.Amoredistantpillar，thesamephysicalsizeasthefirst，producestworayswhoseaerseattheobserverissmaller-hehepillarappearssmaller.Thisisetheimage.
Whatisthestufthattraversestherays?Euclid（buildingonearlierideas）thoughtthatitartitoutfromtheeyeitself（fromanimaginaryinterillumiaedbacktotheobserver.Butthissuggeststhatwewouldbeabletoseethiitwasdarkoutside.heideaofstufmovingaloweeandobserverremainedapowerfulcept.
ItwasmodifiedbyAl-HazehthatweisareilluminatedbyraysfromtheSuernalfire）aeredtowardstheobserver.Thereareseveralstoriesabouthowhecametothisidea-ingdoiwhelyattheSuermihepaiionheexperiencedwouldbethereallthetimeifthe‘internalfire’wereburnihus，heargued，thesourceofthelightogeheimagewasexternal.
&us，forthesakeumewhatmovesalongtheseraysareparticlesoflight:callthemphotohebeamisrelatedtothetherayinoneseordertouandhowanimageofaisformed，we’llosiderenswhehesephotoedofamirroredsurface，aswellasehiswillleadtothe‘lawsofoptics’thatareusedfningveryplexoptistrumentssuchassurgicalmicrosdcathetersfor‘keyhery，asticaltelescopesplaorbitabovetheEarthfdistaheimpactoftheseisonourlifeandoftheworldisimmense.
Whatsortofpropertiesdotheseparticlesoflightpossess?Theusualsortsofattributesassigoaparticleareitsposition，itsdireoftravel，anditsspeed.Fornow，assumethatitmovesatthe‘speedoflight’，withoutgoiailaboutwhatthatactuallyis.Thepositionofaphotonmightthehestartingpositionofthe‘ray’aioon’smotiohedireoftheray.Thephotonheadsoffromitsstartingpointinthisdireatthespeedoflightuersthesurfaceoftheobject.
&ion
&stheobject，thelightisreflected.ensisthatthephotohesurfagingitsdire，butnotitspositiononthesurface.Thesituationisshownihemannerinwhichthedireisgedisspecifiedbythe‘lawofrefle’，discoveredbyHeroofAlexandriaiury.Itstatesthattheangleofiis，theaheiningraydiredthedireperpendiculartothesurfaceatthepointofince）isequaltotheaion（thatis，theaheoutgoingraydiredthedireperpendiculartothesurfaceatthepointofiherearescesofthisceptuallysimplearemelypo>
6.Raysofa.aflatmirrorandb.andc.acurvedmirror.
ThisbeexplaiirelybyHero’slawofrefle.Figure7showsheesareflewithoppositehaheclockwise-pointingarrowistheobject.Raysfromeatonthearrowrefleirrorandarerearrathearrowseeninthemirrorispointinganticlockwise.Youusethesamestrutoshoointingarrowisseeninthemirrht-pointingarrowaanup-pointingarroointingup，andadown-pointingarrowpointsdowion.
Imagingusiio
If，insteadoflookingatyouropposite-handedselfinaflatbathroommirror，youseeyourrefleapolishedspoon，theortedforme:maguresrounds.Thetsurfaceofthespooheobjedthevexbacksurfaifiesit.
7.Thegeofhandednessofobjectsrefleamirror.
Whyisthis?Siionofimagesisperhapsthemostimportantappliofoptistruments-rangingfromtasesforvisioospacetelescopesforstificdiscovery-it’swexactlyho>
Uptonow，I‘vesideredonlyasinglerayoflightfromoo.Infact，raysusuallysalldireeachobjet.sidera‘bundle’ofsuchraysallasio，fadtheinalray.Thiseofraysdivergesasitmovesawayfromtheobject，asshowniherayshitthecurvedmirrorsurfaceatdiferentpointsandthereforealslesofiheyrefledifereions，eaestillsatisfyingHero’slawofrefle.
8.Imageformationbyaraybundleusingacurvedmirror.Theraysfromooatointheimage.
Infaagdeventuallyallmeetatasihisisthe‘image’pointi.
Animageaswenormallysideritismadeupofmultiplesuchimagepfromdiferes.Thesizeoftheimageisdetermiafromthemirrorandthefogpowerofthemirror，specifiedbytheradiusofcurvature.amoreirrorhasasmallerradiusofsurfacecurvature）.Theimagebebiggerthaheobjectisirrorthaheratioofimagetoobjectsizeiscalledthemagnifi.
Theimage-magureofacurvedmirrorwasusedbyodesignatelescope，showninFigure9.Hisdesignhasaremarkableproperty:itfesofdistaarethesamesizeforeverycolour（saidtobefreefrom‘aticaberratiooncleverlyusedthepropertythattheangleofareflectedrayforafixedaheirayisthesamehecolourofthelight.Theimageofeachcolouristhereforeformedinthesameplace-allthecisterperfectly，guaranteedbyphysics.
&telesabledimageswithoutaticaberration.
&ion
&ohisibecausethetelescopesusedbyporarypioneerssuchasGalileoGalileiandJohannesKeplersuferedseriouslyfromaticaberration.Theimagesformedbytheirtelescopesalwayshadablurredcolouredhaloarouheobject.Thereasonforthisisthattheyweredesignedusiprhtrays-refra:thephelightraysbeheygofromoramediumtoanother.
Itistherefraoflightthatproducesthe‘kink’observediiallyimmersedinabowlofwater.ThisisdescribedbythelawofrefraonlyknownasSnell’slaw，afterDutWillebrordSh-turypropohislawsaysthattheaingraymakeserpendiculartothesurfaceisrelatedtotheaheiningraybythepropertiesofthetwomediathatformtheinterfaplethesurfaceofthewater.Thisisillustratediheparticularpropertyofthemediathatisrelevahe‘refradex’.Therefradexbethoughtofasbeingameasureoftheoptiess’ofthemediumasexperiencedbyalightray.Solighttravelsmoreslowlyihalargerrefradexbecausethemoleediumareslightlymoreresistanttohaviomsarohelight.Itislikerunninginapoolofwater.Ifthedepthisverysmall，ysmoveeasilyandyoufast.Ifthetoyourk’sharder，becauseyouhavetaiaer.Infact，thelawofrefrabederivedfromthisanalogy.PierredeFermatshowedthatwhenlightgoesfromapoioapointinaseeksaraythattraversesashortertimeihhighrefradexaimeihalowerrefradex.Thisrequiresthelightraytobendatthisiweewomedia，a’spriurnsouttobeehesameasSnell’slaw.
10.Refraofarayattheiweenairand>
Imagingusinglenses
本章未完，请点击下一章继续阅读！若浏览器显示没有新章节了，请尝试点击右上角↗️或右下角↘️的菜单，退出阅读模式即可，谢谢！