You now have the two core tools of ray optics: reflection (θᵢ = θᵣ) at mirrors and refraction (Snell’s law) at boundaries. Everything that follows — lenses, prisms, telescopes — is these two rules applied again and again.
You now have the two core tools of ray optics: reflection (θᵢ = θᵣ) at mirrors and refraction (Snell’s law) at boundaries. Everything that follows — lenses, prisms, telescopes — is these two rules applied again and again.