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Because curved mirrors can create such a rich variety of images, they are used in many optical devices that find many uses. We will concentrate on spherical mirrors for the most part, because they are easier to manufacture than mirrors such as parabolic mirrors and so are more common. Curved Mirrors a b McFadden, Cynthia; Whitman, Jake; Connor, Tracy (7 July 2016). "Disco Is Dead, but the Ball Still Spins in Louisville". NBC News . Retrieved 22 June 2022. First identify the physical principles involved. Part (a) is related to the optics of spherical mirrors. Part (b) involves a little math, primarily geometry. Part (c) requires an understanding of heat and density.

The law of reflection tells us that angles \(\angle OXC\) and \(\angle CXF\) are the same, and because the incident ray is parallel to the optical axis, angles \(\angle OXC\) and \(\angle XCP\) are also the same. Thus, triangle \(CXF\) is an isosceles triangle with \(CF=FX\). If the angle \(θ\) is small then Let’s use the sign convention to further interpret the derivation of the mirror equation. In deriving this equation, we found that the object and image heights are related by Notice that rule 1 means that the radius of curvature of a spherical mirror can be positive or negative. What does it mean to have a negative radius of curvature? This means simply that the radius of curvature for a convex mirror is defined to be negative. Convex mirrors are diverging mirrors. Instead of converging onto a point in front of the mirror, here rays of light parallel to the principal axis appear to diverge from a point behind the mirror. We'll also call this location the focal point or focus of the mirror even though its disagrees with the original concept of the focus as a place where things meet up. In your best Russian reversal voice say, "In convex house, people go away from hearth" (or something like that, but funnier). The small-angle approximation is a cornerstone of the above discussion of image formation by a spherical mirror. When this approximation is violated, then the image created by a spherical mirror becomes distorted. Such distortion is called aberration. Here we briefly discuss two specific types of aberrations: spherical aberration and coma. Spherical aberration

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Using a consistent sign convention is very important in geometric optics. It assigns positive or negative values for the quantities that characterize an optical system. Understanding the sign convention allows you to describe an image without constructing a ray diagram. This text uses the following sign convention: Use ray diagrams and the mirror equation to calculate the properties of an image in a spherical mirror. The inflatable disco balls that we offer here at Megaflatables are safe to hang anywhere and are perfect for festivals or other events. Whether you want to illuminate a dance floor, a mirror ball can help to twinkle and mimic lights to light up any space. These decorative mirror balls can really make your event stand out. If you want a little glitz and glamour for your event, then an inflatable disco ball display might be the right choice. An inflatable disco ball reflective addition can really stand out whether it’s placed on the ceiling as a standalone ball or within a collection of other spheres as part of an art piece. An inflatable disco ball or mirror ball could be what your event is missing! Step 6. Most quantitative problems require using the mirror equation. Use the examples as guides for using the mirror equation.Figure 2.11 Parabolic trough collectors are used to generate electricity in southern California. (credit: “kjkolb”/Wikimedia Commons) We can define two general types of spherical mirrors. If the reflecting surface is the outer side of the sphere, the mirror is called a convex mirror. If the inside surface is the reflecting surface, it is called a concave mirror. Miniature glitter balls are sold as novelties and used for a number of decorative purposes, including dangling from the rear-view mirror of an automobile or Christmas tree ornaments. Glitter balls may have inspired a homemade version in the sparkleball, the American outsider craft of building decorative light balls out of Christmas lights and plastic cups. Megaflatables inflatable mirror balls range from 1metre, right through to giant inflatablesthat are 5 metres in size – for some serious advertising appeal. We can also create a range of inflatable helium spheres sure to catch the eye of your surrounding audience. If an inflatable mirror ball isn’t quite big enough, our inflatable blimpsrange from 6metres to 8metres although we do offer giant inflatable mirror balls to suit your needs.

In other words, in the small-angle approximation, the focal length \(f\) of a concave spherical mirror is half of its radius of curvature, \(R\): Step 2. Determine whether ray tracing, the mirror equation, or both are required. A sketch is very useful even if ray tracing is not specifically required by the problem. Write symbols and known values on the sketch. What is the amount of sunlight concentrated onto the pipe, per meter of pipe length, assuming the insolation (incident solar radiation) is 900 W/m 2 W/m 2? One of the easiest shapes to analyze is the spherical mirror. Typically such a mirror is not a complete sphere, but a spherical cap — a piece sliced from a larger imaginary sphere with a single cut. Although one could argue that this statement is quantifiably false, since ball bearings are complete spheres and they are shiny and plentiful. Nonetheless as far as optical instruments go, most spherical mirrors are spherical caps. No approximation is required for this result, so it is exact. However, as discussed above, in the small-angle approximation, the focal length of a spherical mirror is one-half the radius of curvature of the mirror, or \(f=R/2\). Inserting this into Equation \ref{eq57} gives the mirror equation:

In this chapter, we assume that the small-angle approximation (also called the paraxial approximation) is always valid. In this approximation, all rays are paraxial rays, which means that they make a small angle with the optical axis and are at a distance much less than the radius of curvature from the optical axis. In this case, their angles θ θ of reflection are small angles, so sin θ ≈ tan θ ≈ θ sin θ ≈ tan θ ≈ θ. Using Ray Tracing to Locate Images begin{align} R &=CF+FP \nonumber \\[4pt] &=FP+FP \nonumber \\[4pt] &=2FP\nonumber \\[4pt] &=2f \end{align} \nonumber \] With one axis you get a single mirror, with two axes four mirrors, and with all three axes eight mirrors. Bisect This modifier offers a simple and efficient way to do this, with real-time update of the mirror as you edit it. begin{align*} \dfrac{1}{d_o}+\dfrac{1}{d_i} &=\dfrac{1}{f} \nonumber \\[4pt] f &= \left(\dfrac{1}{d_o}+\dfrac{1}{d_i}\right)

Jul 21, 2023 OpenStax. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License . The OpenStax name, OpenStax logo, OpenStax book covers, OpenStax CNX name, and OpenStax CNX logo i.e. when it is enabled, the “negative” side will be kept, instead of the “positive” one). Mirror Object which is called the “ small-angle approximation”), then \(FX≈FP\) or \(CF≈FP\). Inserting this into Equation \ref{eq31} for the radius \(R\), we get The four principal rays intersect at point \(Q′\), which is where the image of point \(Q\) is located. To locate point \(Q′\), drawing any two of these principle rays would suffice. We are thus free to choose whichever of the principal rays we desire to locate the image. Drawing more than two principal rays is sometimes useful to verify that the ray tracing is correct.

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It can also use another object as the mirror center, then use that object’s local axes instead of its own. Options  The mirror equation relates the image and object distances to the focal distance and is valid only in the small-angle approximation (Equation \ref{sma}). Although it was derived for a concave mirror, it also holds for convex mirrors (proving this is left as an exercise). We can extend the mirror equation to the case of a plane mirror by noting that a plane mirror has an infinite radius of curvature. This means the focal point is at infinity, so the mirror equation simplifies to The farther from the optical axis the rays strike, the worse the spherical mirror approximates a parabolic mirror. Thus, these rays are not focused at the same point as rays that are near the optical axis, as shown in the figure. Because of spherical aberration, the image of an extended object in a spherical mirror will be blurred. Spherical aberrations are characteristic of the mirrors and lenses that we consider in the following section of this chapter (more sophisticated mirrors and lenses are needed to eliminate spherical aberrations). Coma or comatic aberration