What is Magnification?
Magnification is the process of enlarging an object only by appearance and not by actual physical size. This enlargement can be calibrated by calculated numbers known as magnification. The magnified image does not actually become large but it appears to be large. Various lenses are used for this process of magnification. This concept of magnification is used in microscopes and telescopes. The magnification in the microscope helps in the study of the structure and composition of different microbes. whereas, the magnification in the telescope is observing the stars and planets.
Resolving Power of a Microscope and Telescope
Wave optics, also known as Physical optics, deals with the study of various phenomena such as diffraction, polarization, interference, resolution, and other occurrences. Wave optics is the segment of optics that focuses on the study and behavior of light and its wave characteristics. Wave optics particularly describes the connection between waves and rays of light. According to the wave theory of light, light is a form of energy, it travels through a medium in the form of transverse wave motion. The speed of light traveling through a medium depends upon the nature of the medium.
Here, the approximation is carried out by using ray optics for the estimation of the field on a surface. Integrating ray-estimated field over a mirror, lens, or aperture for the calculation of the scattered or transmitted field also gets involved later on. Wave optics stands as a witness to the scientific study of understanding the nature of light. One is the particle nature of light and the other is the wave nature of light.
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