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  2. Geometrical optics - Wikipedia

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    The focal length f is considered negative for concave lenses. Incoming parallel rays are focused by a convex lens into an inverted real image one focal length from the lens, on the far side of the lens. Incoming parallel rays are focused by a convex lens into an inverted real image one focal length from the lens, on the far side of the lens

  3. 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 ...

  4. Cardinal point (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Cardinal point diagram for an optical system with different media on each side. F for Focal point, P for Principal point, NP for Nodal Point, and efl for effective focal length. The chief ray is shown in purple. The nodal points characterize a ray that goes through the centre of a lens without any angular deviation.

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. File:Ray optics diagram incidence reflection and refraction.svg

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  8. Compound refractive lens - Wikipedia

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    The saw-tooth lens is a unique optical scheme suggested and demonstrated by Cederstrom. [6] It approximates a parabolic lens much as a numerical computation on a grid approximates a smooth line, with a series of prisms that each deflect the X-rays over a minute angle. Lenses of this type have been made from silicon, plastic, and lithium.

  9. Focal length - Wikipedia

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    The lens is moved until a sharp image is formed on the screen. In this case ⁠ 1 / u ⁠ is negligible, and the focal length is then given by . Determining the focal length of a concave lens is somewhat more difficult. The focal length of such a lens is defined as the point at which the spreading beams of light meet when they are extended ...