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DDO 111 Basic principles of Optics I

ND1 level12 topics

DDO 111 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Geometric behaviour of light
  2. Reflection in plane mirrors
  3. Reflection in curved mirrors
  4. Refraction in lenses
  5. Prisms
  6. Properties of prisms
  7. Nature of light
  8. Rectilinear propagation of light
  9. Ray tracing and image formation
  10. Total internal reflection
  11. Types and properties of lenses
  12. Prisms and their properties

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Geometric behaviour of light

The geometric behaviour of light deals with how light rays change direction when they encounter surfaces or media. Mastering the laws of reflection and refraction, Snell’s law, and the conditions for total internal reflection is essential for solving ray‑diagram problems and for understanding the operation of optical instruments.

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