Experiment 5: Thin lenses

Ray Diagram for thin lenses
[b]Locations of Object u and Focal point F are draggable;[/b] so are the handles of the green measuring bars.[br][br]Lens is a converging lens for f > 0, diverging lens for f < 0.[br][br]Light always travels from left to right in this applet, regardless of position of object. Object is virtual if placed to right of lens.[br][br]u = object[br]v = image[br]ho= height of object[br]hi=height of image
[list][br][*]Shift-Drag on the background to pan the view, or Shift-mousewheel to zoom in & out.[br][*]Shift-Drag on the x or y axis (when visible), to zoom just that axis.[br][*][i]Additional zoom options in the right-click context menu.[/i][br][/list]

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