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Reflection, Mirrors, and Kaleidoscopes

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Light Science

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In free space, light waves travel in a straight path. Thus, we can replace the wave model with a simple ray model. However, all optical instruments depend on the fact that light rays can be bent by changing the medium through which they propagate or placing an object such as a mirror, a lens, or a grating in their path.

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  1. Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, 60115, De Kalb, IL, USA

    Thomas D. Rossing

  2. Science Department, New Trier High School, 60093, Winnetka, IL, USA

    Christopher J. Chiaverina

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Rossing, T.D., Chiaverina, C.J. (1999). Reflection, Mirrors, and Kaleidoscopes. In: Light Science. Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21698-0_3

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