Chapter 22 - 23 Light; Geometric Optics

SmartBoard Pre-Lecture Notes for Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Giancoli

AP Syllabus

Chapter 23 Homework

Chapter Outline:
22-1  Changing E Fields Produce B Fields (pg. 616)

22-2  Production of Electromagnetic Waves (pg. 617)

  • How EM waves are produced   RE: EM Wave Propagation
  • EM wave pattern: E and B at right angles to each other

22-3  Light as an Electromagnetic Wave (pg. 619)

22-4  Measuring the Speed of Light  (pg. 622)

22-7  Radio and Television (pg. 626)   RE: FM Radio/TV

  • Radio transmitters
  • Radio receivers
  • Carrier frequency
  • AM and FM waves
  • TV
  • Cable TV: shielded cable prevents broadcast

Pre-Chapter 23:  Defining and Calculating Illuminance

  • The visible spectrum as part of the electromagnetic spectrum   RE: EM Spectrum
  • Defining illumination: illuminance
  • Luminous intensity: the candela
  • Lighting design - good lighting practices

Pre-Chapter 23:  Color

23-1  The Ray Model of Light (pg. 632)
  • Using beam models (rays) to determine light behavior

23-2  Reflection: Plane Mirrors (pg. 633)

  • The law of reflection
  • Diffuse and specular surfaces
  • Virtual and real images
  • Object and image distances
  • Virtual image projections
  • How much mirror is utilized to view an image

23-3  Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors (pg. 635)   RE: Optics Lab

  • The focal length and focal point
  • Ray models for spherical mirrors
  • Lens-mirror equation
  • Concave mirrors
  • Locating images in concave mirrors: 5 cases
  • Convex mirrors
  • Locating an image in a concave mirror: 1 case
  • Defects in spherical mirrors

23-4  Index of Refraction (pg. 642)   RE: Refraction

  • Define refraction and indices
  • Table 23-1 pg. 696

23-5  Snell's Law (pg. 642)

  • Snell's Law  RE: Snell's Law
  • Light passing through different mediums causes bending
  • Speed of light in various mediums
  • Using the law of refraction to determine lengths

Snell's Law Lab  RE: Lab Information

23-6  Total Internal Reflection: Fiber Optics (pg. 645)

  • The critical angle
  • Fiber optics and the cable industry

23-7  Thin Lenses: Ray Tracing (pg. 647)   RE: Optics Lab

  • Types of lenses
  • Convex lenses
  • Locating images in convex lenses: 5 cases
  • Concave lenses
  • Locating an image in a concave lens: 1 case
  • Defects of spherical lenses

23-8  Thin Lens Equation; Magnification (pg. 650)

  • The lens equation
  • Magnification

Spherical Lenses Lab  RE: Lab Information