How a Fresnel Lens works, using a simple blackboard model.

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024

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  • @Lew114
    @Lew114 Год назад +3

    Thank you. This has been bugging me for decades!

  • @crunchylumpia
    @crunchylumpia 3 года назад +135

    this is the best explanation of a fresnel lens ever...

    • @asueft
      @asueft 2 года назад +3

      Yup

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  2 года назад +3

      Well thank you

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  2 года назад +3

      Thanks

    • @neerajwa
      @neerajwa Год назад +2

      Yes

    • @SpinStar1956
      @SpinStar1956 Год назад

      Have to say after all these years, I can finally understand a Fresnel lens came into existence 😊
      Wow! EXCELLENT explanation 😮
      Thanks❤

  • @tonyhardie7716
    @tonyhardie7716 2 года назад +2

    Best description of the Fresnel lens I’ve ever seen.

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 Год назад +2

    this is brilliant! i've got a degree in physics including optics but never thought of a fresnel lens quite this way

  • @lambda4931
    @lambda4931 6 лет назад +233

    I’m surprised this doesn’t have a million hits. Fresnel may have been a genius, but your lesson is a close second. Great job !
    Thank you

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  6 лет назад +23

      Thank you very much.

    • @qwepoiqazplmzxcmnbqw
      @qwepoiqazplmzxcmnbqw 4 года назад +6

      As a student your never really see the use for theory (unless it's personally inspiring). However, outside the classroom you may need this information for personal or business endeavors. Your video clearly explains this concept an currently with all the VR developments a lot of people find value in your work. Put simply thanks David, good work and I sort of wish I had you as a teacher growing up.

  • @sleethmitchell
    @sleethmitchell Год назад +3

    been a sailor a long time. finally, i understand the fresnel lens MUCH BETTER! thanks!

  • @NotTheGreenKnight
    @NotTheGreenKnight Месяц назад +1

    Amazing work thank you so much

  • @mm-qd1ho
    @mm-qd1ho Год назад +2

    Well done! They should demonstrate this at every lighthouse visitor center.

  • @imtiazindia
    @imtiazindia 3 года назад +60

    Wow!! Is it really that simple? With teachers like these science lectures just become fun. Thank you so much. Sir. 🙏

  • @ResDog70
    @ResDog70 3 года назад +37

    In less than 3:40 you have perfectly explained to me what I've been trying to grasp for decades. I've always been fascinated by these lenses and have had an idea of the science behind it, even after reading multiple papers on the subject. Thanks to you, I now have a grasp of the properties involved and no longer just an 'idea'.

  • @surfingcuriositywaves4046
    @surfingcuriositywaves4046 Год назад +3

    That's a great and concise illustration of the principles and the application. Thank you for helping clarify the critical understanding.

  • @markplain2555
    @markplain2555 Год назад

    That's it?... bloody amazing. How come I never learnt about this in my optics course? I was robbed of a very cool education!! Thanks David.

  • @tonydemaria3386
    @tonydemaria3386 Год назад +1

    👍👍👍👍👍 The presentation and explanation of how a fresnel lens is a "work of art".....Bravo!!! 5 Stars, EXCELLENT! and only 218 seconds! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @earlzeller3015
    @earlzeller3015 Год назад +1

    Easily the best demonstration I've seen yet! Well done, sir.

  • @chandra_955
    @chandra_955 4 года назад +17

    This video should've popped up first when I typed "fresnel lens explained". Could've saved lot of my time.

    • @dictionaryofwords1108
      @dictionaryofwords1108 3 года назад +1

      You're lucky you have a keyboard, I had to find this video with just my mouse and the clicker button

  • @AlbertaGeek
    @AlbertaGeek Год назад +1

    I've always wondered. Now I know. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @pepetrueno6012
    @pepetrueno6012 10 месяцев назад +2

    Excelent 😮

  • @w1swh1
    @w1swh1 Год назад +1

    Brilliant David! Now I know all about a Fresnel lens!! Thank you!!

  • @barryporteous4904
    @barryporteous4904 2 года назад +7

    Excellent "old school" style with the moving pieces! I hope many more will see and benefit from this succinct demonstration. Thank you.

  • @juliamesnikoff7964
    @juliamesnikoff7964 9 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, what a terrific explanation! Thank you.

  • @MetalMario137
    @MetalMario137 Год назад +4

    This is such an amazing way of explaining this concept! Thank you so much for this physical representation. One day I'd like to attempt building one to see if I can create a solar-powered blacksmithing forge.

  • @shinola228
    @shinola228 Год назад

    Great explanation. And remarkable invention by Mr.Fresnel. I would have been interesting to see how he actually crafted his first lens..

  • @brianmckerrow817
    @brianmckerrow817 6 месяцев назад +1

    Now that was teaching comprehension!

  • @retiredpd
    @retiredpd Год назад

    Every once in a while I find one of these gems that has been out there for a while and this is definitely one of them 👍👍

  • @Rick_Dunaway
    @Rick_Dunaway Год назад +1

    The best explanation ever! Thank you Sir

  • @canonest
    @canonest 3 месяца назад

    wow! that is an impressive explanation of the fresnel lens! thank you very much!

  • @sleepygrumpy
    @sleepygrumpy 2 года назад

    You absolutely nailed this concept this is such an impressive video

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  2 года назад +2

      Thank you. Sleepy and grumpy? I’m guessing that, like me, you follow politics too😊

  • @toma5153
    @toma5153 Год назад

    A terrific easily understandable explanation. Thank you.

  • @elmoreglidingclub3030
    @elmoreglidingclub3030 Год назад +1

    Brilliant!! Never knew this but what an awesome explanation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a compelling way.

  • @Luachair
    @Luachair Год назад

    Best vid of its kind that I have ever seen! Marvellous, congrats, everything. I have double vision but my optical consultant has access to plastic Fresnels that he can stick on to my specs, he determined what power to use and bingo! double vision corrected!

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  Год назад

      Thank you, I’m glad things went well with the specs.

  • @fridtjovruden5225
    @fridtjovruden5225 Год назад +1

    This is just pure unadulterated intellectual educational elegance. Do not find better words. Awesome experience to watch this. Thank you professor 🙂

  • @vivelemoi
    @vivelemoi Год назад

    Magnificent in its simplicity. Thank you!

  • @chrisblenkinsopp8588
    @chrisblenkinsopp8588 Год назад

    Great lecture, have a raise in pay!

  • @jaydenwilson9522
    @jaydenwilson9522 Год назад +1

    GREAT TEACHER!
    PERFECT VISUALISATION!

  • @artel001yt
    @artel001yt 3 месяца назад

    What an awesome explanation. Thanks very much for this.

  • @lothargroschel1414
    @lothargroschel1414 3 года назад

    Thank you for your nice explanation. I visited a lighthouse in my vacation some days ago.

  • @GlynisDance
    @GlynisDance 2 года назад +1

    Thank you. A very clear explanation - you obviously put some thought (and ingenuity) into it!

  • @renatorochamiranda
    @renatorochamiranda 3 года назад

    Nothing is more creative than knowledge. Congratulations! I will share it on my blog!

  • @blacklabel6223
    @blacklabel6223 2 года назад +1

    Thank you! I’m in the middle of designing a product for a hobby and this was super super useful in actually knowing what lense I would need in terms of someone who’s never dealt in optics before

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  2 года назад +1

      Glad to be useful, I would like to know more about your product.

    • @blacklabel6223
      @blacklabel6223 2 года назад +2

      @@mad.scientist it’s a solar engraver for some local Amish folks looking to wood burn large tables. Putting a fresnel lense on a gimble with a low friction base it can be set on the table, adjusted for focus, then just slid around to engrave an image. Drawing it with pencil first helps it burn much faster from what I’ve seen too.

  • @kalakalatu
    @kalakalatu 3 года назад +4

    Brilliant!! So simple and concise that even I understand it now.

  • @ShuvraKundu
    @ShuvraKundu 3 года назад

    One of the best physics of stuff video on internet ever!

  • @Cambeast123
    @Cambeast123 3 года назад +1

    That was a wonderful visual explanation, thank you. The definition of concise.

  • @Howeverwhatabout
    @Howeverwhatabout 4 месяца назад

    Thank you. An excellent presentation.

  • @kotak1858
    @kotak1858 3 года назад

    wow wow ..... its super video.... sir you know very well how to teach .... its realllllllly super

  • @michaelgoldmann3734
    @michaelgoldmann3734 8 лет назад +12

    great video David :)
    you helped me a lot in my physics presentation at school and the class was so enthusiastic and listened through this, otherwise pretty boring, topic of lenses ^^

  • @CuriousFoxQuest
    @CuriousFoxQuest 3 года назад

    I loved this explanation, both the verbal and the neat visuals. I have been trying to figure out Fresnel lenses for a minute, this was an "aha" moment. Thank you...

  • @rrrttt3543
    @rrrttt3543 Год назад

    That was a beautiful explanation, thank you.

  • @carlfink5409
    @carlfink5409 4 года назад +1

    Well done! I am trying to understand how a bifocal and trifocal inter ocular lens (IOL)-used for cataract surgery lens replacement-works. A Fresnel lens is at the heart of the technology. This explanation is so clear and just what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  4 года назад +1

      Thank you, you are more than welcome.

  • @jamesallen74
    @jamesallen74 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic explanation. Very very easy to follow.

  • @samsmith9764
    @samsmith9764 3 года назад +2

    Awesome explainations, cheers

  • @moeshickenyay
    @moeshickenyay 3 года назад

    Use them all the time, never understood how they work, excellent and simple explanation, Thanks.

  • @HankW
    @HankW 3 года назад +1

    What a nice explanation!

  • @LightningJackFlash
    @LightningJackFlash Год назад +2

    Great :) Thanks for that, I loved it :)

  • @TheFlyingVyse
    @TheFlyingVyse Год назад

    Best example!! Thank you so much

  • @mauricioalbertoaguirresoto3505
    @mauricioalbertoaguirresoto3505 2 года назад

    Woah!!!!!!!! NO WORDS!! AWESOME!! USEFUL!!

  • @djkasperg
    @djkasperg Год назад

    Brilliantly explained.

  • @clownform
    @clownform 3 года назад

    Awesome video! Made me understand it completely in just 3 minutes

  • @mattgazewood
    @mattgazewood 6 лет назад +7

    thank you I've been looking for this type video for so long perfectly explained

  • @Kargoneth
    @Kargoneth 3 года назад +1

    Short and intuitive. I love it.

  • @adbanerjee9888
    @adbanerjee9888 2 года назад

    Simply one of the best and most beautiful explanations.

  • @Desperado202
    @Desperado202 3 года назад

    WOW what an interesting explanation!

  • @njgjhrjd
    @njgjhrjd 3 года назад +1

    Well, I’m sure I’ll need this information one day (why would RUclips recommend this otherwise, right?) With crystal clear explanation like this I don’t think I’ll ever forget how it’s made :) So thank you!

  • @EG-cs3wv
    @EG-cs3wv 3 года назад +2

    Amazing and simple to follow lesson. Very well explained! Thanks

  • @nithikasandinu5843
    @nithikasandinu5843 3 года назад

    The best explanation ever. Valid forever 😎⚡

  • @jungleb
    @jungleb 3 года назад

    Awesome video, awesome comments. Congrats

  • @jimeagle5483
    @jimeagle5483 Год назад

    Phenomenal lesson. Thank you.

  • @mad.scientist
    @mad.scientist  3 года назад +11

    Thank you.

  • @JamesWitte
    @JamesWitte 2 года назад

    Thanks for this brother. You're an amazing educator

  • @bm_videa
    @bm_videa 3 года назад +2

    Great presentation! Highly educational and easy to understand new knowledge. You really have the teacher‘s gift.

  • @uptown1_photography949
    @uptown1_photography949 Год назад

    Excellent explanation!

  • @iamcmac
    @iamcmac 3 года назад

    This so eloquently explained. Thank you.

  • @meetoptics
    @meetoptics 3 года назад +3

    Congratulations for this short and amazing explanationon how fresnel lenses work. This platform let us spread all we know and from MEETOPTICS we are proud to be part of the photonics community and to help engineers and researchers in their search for optical lenses through our site, from prisms to mirrors and fresnel lenses.

  • @youtube_fantastic
    @youtube_fantastic 3 года назад +1

    What an absolutely amazing explanation!

  • @akosial
    @akosial 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the time and effort you put into making this! Very well explained!

  • @ulaB
    @ulaB 3 года назад

    Things I didn't even knew I wanted to know... Very well explained.

  • @AveryDelMiller
    @AveryDelMiller Год назад

    Woww! This is a great explanation!!!

  • @PatrickSalisMEDIA
    @PatrickSalisMEDIA 3 года назад

    excellent demonstration... the best ... thank you.

  • @bananian
    @bananian 3 года назад

    Wow, that makes so much sense.

  • @UsamaSiddiqui1
    @UsamaSiddiqui1 2 года назад

    Simply amazing. Thank you

  • @MacsMachines
    @MacsMachines Год назад

    Wow what a teacher!! 👍👍

  • @noxix7641
    @noxix7641 3 года назад

    I'm making some of these now, fantastic explanation.

  • @rogeromega5
    @rogeromega5 3 года назад

    Thank you so much. I have been reading trying to figure out from equations but this is a wonderful explanation. Thanks

  • @marpekriram103
    @marpekriram103 6 лет назад

    cleared the concept in a very lucid manner.... thumbs up

  • @tommypetraglia4688
    @tommypetraglia4688 4 года назад +1

    I was a merchant mariner a dozen years of my working life because there were no more lighthouse keeper's jobs.
    I hope somewhere in my past I had at least one life where I tended lights
    A very succinct yet simple tutorial.
    You've garnered a new subscriber

  • @odal6770
    @odal6770 4 года назад

    beautifully done!

  • @conchosewing
    @conchosewing 2 года назад

    very well explained. thank you!

  • @ThomasHaberkorn
    @ThomasHaberkorn 6 лет назад +2

    wow great presentation

  • @luciensims
    @luciensims 3 года назад

    Brilliant explanation, thanks

  • @implespaynter
    @implespaynter 3 года назад

    WOW! that was amazing!

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo Год назад +1

    I thought a while ago about how you could make a flat lens by stacking specifically shaped layers of materials gradually larger/smaller refractive indices, so as to create a gradient without needing a lens. Then I found out, it's already been thought of and is being looked into. I didn't realize how similarly fresnel lenses work, compared to this concept as well.

  • @sahil-pu3cc
    @sahil-pu3cc 3 года назад

    Really nice explanation

  • @Frejjan
    @Frejjan Год назад

    Great video! Thanks a lot

  • @eurekayoung2537
    @eurekayoung2537 4 года назад +1

    Very intuitive! Thank you!

  • @muddymudskipr
    @muddymudskipr 3 года назад

    Taken em to SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!! Loved it;)

  • @hv1461
    @hv1461 3 года назад

    Great explanation, thanks.

  • @lelouchlamperouge5910
    @lelouchlamperouge5910 2 года назад

    Incredible explanation

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  2 года назад +1

      Sorry, I was hoping it was credible.

    • @lelouchlamperouge5910
      @lelouchlamperouge5910 2 года назад

      @@mad.scientist i am not native speaker, i hope it is a joke and my English is not that bad 😂 😂 😂

    • @mad.scientist
      @mad.scientist  2 года назад +1

      Your English is much better than my French and I do appreciate your comment. Thank you, I hope you like my other videos.

  • @totoro5356
    @totoro5356 3 года назад

    Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @Thenewgreenmaju
    @Thenewgreenmaju 4 года назад

    I did not understand this in Serway's book. Excellent video!

  • @itzkatsawayo
    @itzkatsawayo Год назад

    Well done. Thanks.

  • @gokulchandran5586
    @gokulchandran5586 Год назад

    well explained, thank you.