The scale model eye was developed by scaling an actual cross-sectional picture of an eye from Light & Vision by Mueller & Rudolph. Then a total distance of 2.4 cm from cornea to retina was adopted from Hecht, along with his values for the indices of refraction for all components. The actual measurements for radii of curvature and separation were scaled using a solver program (TK!Solver) until a parallel incoming ray fell on the retina. It is not known whether the eye shown by Mueller&Rudolph is typical.
Lloyd's mirror This is another method for finding the wavelength of light by the division of wavefront. Light from a slit So falls on a silvered surface at a very small grazing angle of incidence as shown in the diagram (Figure 1). A virtual image of So is formed at S1. Interference occurs between the direct beam from So to the observer (0) and the reflected beam The zeroth fringe will be black because of the phase change due to reflection at the surface. Application An interesting application of this effect may be observed when a helicopter flies above the sea near a radio transmitter. The helicopter will receive two signals: (a) one signal directly from the transmitter and (b) a second signal after reflection from the sea As the helicopter rises the phase difference between the two signals will alter and the helicopter will pass through regions of maxima and minima. Lloyd's mirror Experiment Lloyd’s Mirror is used to produce two-source interference...