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  2. History of optics - Wikipedia

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    The work is concerned with how curved mirrors and lenses bend and focus light. Ibn Sahl also describes a law of refraction mathematically equivalent to Snell's law. [13] He used his law of refraction to compute the shapes of lenses and mirrors that focus light at a single point on the axis. Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham), "the father of Optics" [14]

  3. Chirped mirror - Wikipedia

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    The dielectric mirror is made of transparent materials that are uniformly layered at a depth of 1/4 the wavelength of light the dielectric mirror is designed to reflect. In addition, the amplitude reflection coefficients for the interfaces have alternating signs, hence all reflected components from the interfaces interfere constructively, which ...

  4. Optical glass - Wikipedia

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    Optical glass refers to a quality of glass suitable for the manufacture of optical systems such as optical lenses, prisms or mirrors.Unlike window glass or crystal, whose formula is adapted to the desired aesthetic effect, optical glass contains additives designed to modify certain optical or mechanical properties of the glass: refractive index, dispersion, transmittance, thermal expansion and ...

  5. Ibn Sahl (mathematician) - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Sahl dealt with the optical properties of curved mirrors and lenses and has been described as the discoverer of the law of refraction (Snell's law). [9] [10] [11] Ibn Sahl uses this law to derive lens shapes that focus light with no geometric aberrations, known as anaclastic lenses.

  6. Spherical aberration - Wikipedia

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    In optics, spherical aberration (SA) is a type of aberration found in optical systems that have elements with spherical surfaces.This phenomenon commonly affects lenses and curved mirrors, as these components are often shaped in a spherical manner for ease of manufacturing.

  7. Mirror - Wikipedia

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    A mirror reflecting the image of a vase A first-surface mirror coated with aluminium and enhanced with dielectric coatings. The angle of the incident light (represented by both the light in the mirror and the shadow behind it) exactly matches the angle of reflection (the reflected light shining on the table). 4.5-metre (15 ft)-tall acoustic mirror near Kilnsea Grange, East Yorkshire, UK, from ...

  8. Real image - Wikipedia

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    Real images can be produced by concave mirrors and converging lenses, only if the object is placed further away from the mirror/lens than the focal point, and this real image is inverted. As the object approaches the focal point the image approaches infinity, and when the object passes the focal point the image becomes virtual and is not ...

  9. Timeline of telescope technology - Wikipedia

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    1611 — Johannes Kepler describes the optics of lenses (see his books Astronomiae Pars Optica and Dioptrice), including a new kind of astronomical telescope with two convex lenses (the 'Keplerian' telescope). 1616 — Niccolo Zucchi claims at this time he experimented with a concave bronze mirror, attempting to make a reflecting telescope.