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Aberrations of a lens
Subsections
What are aberrations?
Spherical aberration
Chromatic aberration
Evaluating aberrations with BEAM3
Observations of spherical and chromatic aberrations
Place carriers on the bench
Measure the focal length
Measure the spherical aberration
Orient the lens with flat side toward lamp
Colors
Analyze the observations
Find the focal length
Observe the characteristic
dependence
The best way to use a plano-convex lens
Color in images
Ray tracing
John Kielkopf 2001-01-23