SNELL’S LAW
According to Snell’s law
"The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of
refraction is always constant. "
Mathematically,
Sine
or
sin< i/sine< r =
where = Refractive index of the material of medium.
TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
When light rays enter from one medium to the other, they are refracted. If we
increase the angle of incidence, angle of refraction will also increase. At certain
angle of incidence light rays are reflected back to the first medium instead of
refraction. This condition or phenomenon is called Total Internal Reflection. For
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CRITICAL ANGLE
The angle of incidence at which the angle of refraction will become 90 o is called
Critical Angle. If angle of incidence further increased then instead of refraction,
reflection will take place.
DEFECTS OF VISION
Write down the defects of the vision.
There are four common defects of vision:
1. SHORT SIGHTEDNESS OR MYOPIA
2. LONG SIGHTEDNESS OR HYPER METROPIA
3. ASTIGMATISM
4. PRESBYOPIA
SHORT SIGHTEDNESS
OR MYOPIA
SYMPTOMS
In Myopia, a person can not see distant objects clearly, but he can see clearly
the objects near to him.
REASON
The reason for Myopia is either the focal length of lens of eye is too short or the
eyeball is very much elongated.
WHAT HAPPENS IN MYOPIA
In Myopia, light rays from a distant object are focused in front of the Retina.
CORRECTION OF DEFECT
This defect can be corrected by using a concave lens of suitable focal length