ECE3340J: Principles of Optics
Lecture 04
Outline
◼Mirrors
◼Prisms
◼Beamsplitter
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Planar Mirror
◼Perfectimage
◼Applications?
◼Considerations of planar mirror
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Retroreflector
[Link]
[Link]
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Single-lens Reflex (SLR) Camera
[Link]
Why pentaprism?
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Digital Light Processing
Digital Micromirror Device (DMD)
[Link]
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Mirrors with Conic Surfaces
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Spherical Mirrors
Derivations of the focal length…
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Dispersing Prisms
n=1
α
δ
θt2
θi1 θi2
θt1
= i1 + sin −1[(sin )(n 2 − sin 2 i1 )1/ 2 − sin i1 cos ] −
Minimum deviation?
Small angle case ➔ δ = (n-1)α
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Plane Parallel Plates
t
θi
θt
A
B
E
H
F D C
G
s
t n −1
s =t− = t
n n
n
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Total Internal Reflection
n2 θt
n1 θi
n2
n1 sin i = n2 sin t n1 sin c = n2 c = sin −1
n1
Critical angle
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Reflecting Prisms – Right-angle Prism
(Porro prism)
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Reflecting Prisms – Dove Prism
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Reflecting Prisms – Amici Prism (Roof prism)
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Reflecting Prisms – Penta Prism
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Reflecting Prisms – Rhomboid Prism
Periscope!
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Reflecting Prisms – Leman-Springer Prism
erect image in telescope system
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Reflecting Prisms – Corner-cube Prism
(Retroreflector)
[Link]
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Application: Erecting System for Binoculars
[Link]
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Prism vs. Mirror
◼Why don’t we use mirror instead of prism?
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Beamsplitter
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Summary
◼Spherical mirror
◼Total internal reflection (TIR)
◼Right-angle prism
◼Beamsplitter
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