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Optics Start with the basics

Optics Start with the basics

Optics Start with the basics

This note covers the following topics: light basics, wavelength and frequency, reflection, refraction, dispersion, lenses and mirrors, spherical lens or mirror, concave VS convex, focal point, focal length, spherical aberration in lenses, reducing spherical aberration in lenses interactive, the lens doublet corrects spherical aberration, parabolic shape eliminates spherical aberration, correcting spherical aberration in mirrors, chromatic aberration: a problem of lenses, the lens doublet corrects chromatic aberration, atmospheric absorption of light, why stars twinkle: atmospheric distortion of light, light pollution.

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