GCSE Physics

Binoculars

The solution is to use two 45-90-45° prisms to shorten the effective length of each telescope:

principle of prismatic binoculars - two prisms shorten the effective length of a telescope

The result is a monocular (single ocular), two of these makes a pair of binoculars. Total internal reflection in use once again!


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