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    This lab report summarizes a student's experiments with ray optics using lenses on an optical track. In Experiment 1, the student used the lenses to form real images and measured object and image distances to calculate the indices of refraction. The student determined that the two lenses had different indices, though could not identify the exact materials. In Experiment 2, the student used the lenses to build a basic telescope and measured its magnification. The student observed possible sources of error but concluded the lenses were likely different materials despite an assumption they would be the same type of glass or plastic.

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    This lab report summarizes a student's experiments with ray optics using lenses on an optical track. In Experiment 1, the student used the lenses to form real images and measured object and image distances to calculate the indices of refraction. The student determined that the two lenses had different indices, though could not identify the exact materials. In Experiment 2, the student used the lenses to build a basic telescope and measured its magnification. The student observed possible sources of error but concluded the lenses were likely different materials despite an assumption they would be the same type of glass or plastic.

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    This lab report summarizes a student's experiments with ray optics using lenses on an optical track. In Experiment 1, the student used the lenses to form real images and measured object and image distances to calculate the indices of refraction. The student determined that the two lenses had different indices, though could not identify the exact materials. In Experiment 2, the student used the lenses to build a basic telescope and measured its magnification. The student observed possible sources of error but concluded the lenses were likely different materials despite an assumption they would be the same type of glass or plastic.

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    PHYS 208 1XW

    Lab 2: Ray
    Optics
    TA: Xiang Ni

    David Diaz

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    Introduction:
    Ray optics is the description of light and its behavior in terms of rays. The ray in
    geometric optics is an abstraction useful for approximating the paths along which light
    propagates under certain circumstances. In this lab, we studied and experimented with ray optics
    by testing light and images through lenses on a track. Afterward, we used the lenses in
    conjunction with the track to create a rudimentary telescope. This telescope was used to view an
    image in focus, in which the magnification was observed.
    Procedure:
    1. Check and make sure the following items are at the station:
    a. An incandescent source box with power supply
    b. Two converging lenses
    c. One Screen
    d. One Index Card
    e. One 12” Ruler
    Experiment 1: Determine n
    1. Set up the incandescent source box, one of the converging lenses, and the screen on the
    optical track.
    2. Arrange the screen and lens in a way that shoes the source image on the screen.
    3. Find a location that creates an inverted real image of the source shape on the screen.
    4. Find the object p and image i distances. Then repeat for the second lens.
    5. To determine n in each lens ( n1 , n2 ) , use the lens maker’s and thin lens equations
    a. One lens has a radius of curvature of 20.7 cm, the other is 10.3 cm
    Experiment 2: Build a telescope
    1. Use both converging lenses on the track. The 10 cm focal lens will be used as an
    eyepiece to magnify the 20 cm one.
    2. Place the lenses so that they are in focus and put something in front of the lenses to
    produce a magnified image.
    Data/Calculations/Questions:
    Experiment 1: Index of Refraction Investigation
    1 1 1 2(n−1) n
    Lens 1: p = 21.7 cm, i = 10.1 cm, + = = , f = 9.869, 1 = 2.049
    p ⅈ f R

    1 1 1 2(n−1) n
    Lens 1: p = 43.8 cm, i = 36.3 cm, + = = , f = 19.849, 2 = 1.259
    p ⅈ f f

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    Questions
    1. Your report should include a description of the experiment you devised to determine the
    two indices of refraction. You should discuss how confident you are in the measurement,
    and what basis you have for saying they are the same or different.
    a. To calculate the indices of refraction, I measured the image and object differences
    and used the given radii of curvature to calculate them. I am very confident in my
    measurement and I would say the materials are different because they have
    different indices of refraction. The indices are related to the type of material.
    2. Find a table of n values on the internet and see if you can determine the exact type of
    material.
    a. I cannot determine the exact type of material for the indices of refraction for
    either lens.
    3. Make sure to include a ray diagram showing how you produced the images.

    a.
    Experiment 2: Build a Telescope
    1. Calculate the magnification of your telescope.
    h'0 1.3 cm
    a. M = = =1.3
    h0 1.0 cm
    2. Draw a ray diagram of the telescope.

    a.

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    3. Record images like the globe image above to check the magnification values that you
    obtain analytically.

    a.

    Conclusion:
    According to the calculations, both converging lenses are different materials. I was not
    given the true materials of either lens so I cannot determine whether this is the truth. I did not
    expect this to be the result because I assumed they were both some type of glass or plastic.
    Possible sources of error include measuring from photos and imprecise rulers. If I were to
    improve the procedure, I would give the type of lens material at the end.

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