Lecture Experiments Department of Physics

Optical wall

Experiment no.: 5.9.19

Optische Wand

The foundations of geometrical optics such as optic ray diagrams, the path of light through lenses, total internal reflection and optical aberrations can easily be shown experimentally with the optical wall.

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Images for this experiment

Optical board

Construction of image

Biconcave lens

Plano-convex lens

Two plano-convex lenses

Biconcave lens

Plano-concave lens 1

Plano-concave lens 2

Two plano-concave lenses

Air lens

Thin lens

Thick lens, spherical aberration

Very thick lens, spherical aberration

Big lens, optical path

Big lens, coma

Big lens, spherical aberration

Convex-concave lens f<0

Convex-concave lens f>0

Different geometry 1, f equal

Different geometry 2, f equal

Semi-circle as lens 1

Semi-circle as lens 2

Total reflection in a prism 1

Total reflection in a prism 2

Total reflection in a plane-parallel plate

Total reflection in a semicircle 1

Total reflection in a semicircle 2

Parallel shift

Optical path in Galileo's telescope

Optical path in Keplerian telescope

Plane mirror 1

Plane mirror 2

Concave mirror

Convex mirror (traffic mirror)

Prism

Dichroic prism