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  2. Virtual image - Wikipedia

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    The magnification of the virtual image formed by the plane mirror is 1. Top: The formation of a virtual image using a diverging lens. Bottom: The formation of a virtual image using a convex mirror. In both diagrams, f is the focal point, O is the object, and I is the virtual image, shown in grey. Solid blue lines indicate (real) light rays and ...

  3. Geometrical optics - Wikipedia

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    A ray tracing diagram for a simple converging lens. A device which produces converging or diverging light rays due to ... the closer the virtual image is to the lens.

  4. Vergence (optics) - Wikipedia

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    For concave lenses, the focal point is on the back side of the lens, or the output side of the focal plane, and is negative in power. A lens with no optical power is called an optical window, having flat, parallel faces. The optical power directly relates to how large positive images will be magnified, and how small negative images will be ...

  5. Optics - Wikipedia

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    A ray tracing diagram for a converging lens. A device that produces converging or diverging light rays due to refraction is known as a lens. Lenses are characterized by their focal length: a converging lens has positive focal length, while a diverging lens has negative focal length. Smaller focal length indicates that the lens has a stronger ...

  6. Ray (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The principal ray or chief ray (sometimes known as the b ray) in an optical system is the meridional ray that starts at an edge of an object and passes through the center of the aperture stop. [5] [8] [7] The distance between the chief ray (or an extension of it for a virtual image) and the optical axis at an image location defines the size of ...

  7. Real image - Wikipedia

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    Examples of real images include the image produced on a detector in the rear of a camera, and the image produced on an eyeball retina (the camera and eye focus light through an internal convex lens). In ray diagrams (such as the images on the right), real rays of light are always represented by full, solid lines; perceived or extrapolated rays ...

  8. Lens - Wikipedia

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    The distance between an image and a lens. Real image Virtual image f: The focal length of a lens. Conversing lens Diverging lens y o: The height of an object from the optical axis. Erect object Inverted object y i: The height of an image from the optical axis Erect image Inverted image M T: The transverse magnification in imaging ( = the ratio ...

  9. Thin lens - Wikipedia

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    The distance between an image and a lens. Real image Virtual image f: The focal length of a lens. Converging lens Diverging lens y o: The height of an object from the optical axis. Erect object Inverted object y i: The height of an image from the optical axis Erect image Inverted image M T: The transverse magnification in imaging (= the ratio ...