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* A spherical mirror is not stigmatic: The rays (or their extensions) |
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* coming from an object point generally do not converge towards an image |
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* point (see Fig. 2.) |
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Fig. 2. Non stigmatism of a convexe mirror. |
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Fig. 3. But when we limit the aperture of the mirror, |
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Fig. 4 . and limit the conditions of use to small angles of incidence and |
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refraction are small, then a point image can be defined : the mirror becomes |
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quasi-stigmatic. |
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* Spherical mirrors with a limited aperture (see Fig. 3.) and used so that |
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angles of incense and emergence remain small (see Fig. 4.), become quasi-stigmatic. |
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##### Gauss conditions / paraxial approximation and quasi-stigmatism |
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* When spherical refracting surfaces are used under the following conditions, named **Gauss conditions** :<br> |
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\- The *angles of incidence and refraction are small*<br> |
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(the rays are slightly inclined on the optical axis, and intercept the spherical surface in the |
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vicinity of its vertex),<br> |
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then the spherical refracting surfaces can be considered *quasi- stigmatic*, and therefore they |
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*can be used to build optical images*. |
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* Mathematically, when an angle $`\alpha`$ is small ($`\alpha < or \approx 10 ^\circ`$), the following |
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approximations can be made :<br> |
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$`sin(\alpha) \approx tan (\alpha) \approx \alpha`$ (rad), et $`cos(\alpha) \approx 1`$. |
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* Geometrical optics limited to Gaussian conditions is called **Gaussian optical** or **paraxial optics**. |
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#### The thin spherical mirror (paraxial optics) |
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