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Light and Optics 

 Last Update: Jan 19, 2004

 

Light/Optics
Reference
Notes

Reflection:
<>. Primer on Reflection of Light 
                   Reflection Lab
<>.
Parallax and Vision
<>. Optics Bench (Original Site
           
Intro to the Optics Bench
           
Curved Mirror Lab
            Plane Mirror Images 
<>. Mirror Ray Tracing Demo <>. Multiple Images - Plane Mirror
<>. Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction <>. Law of Reflection and Refraction
<>. <>. Image by a Diverging Mirror
<>.
Fun House Mirrors
<>.
Reflection of a Circular Wave
<>. Reflection from a Plane Mirror <>. Spherical Aberration - Mirror
Refraction:
<>. Refraction of Light <>. Refraction through a Prism
<>. Refraction/Reflection of Light <>. Prism Refraction
<>. Double Refraction - Iceland Spar <>. Refraction
<>. Semi Circular Dish  
               
V-Lab Worksheet
<>. Refraction  
               
V-Lab Worksheet
<>. Snell's Law Demo  
               
V-Lab Worksheet
<>. Total Internal Reflection
<>. 
Refraction of Light Demo
<>. Fish's View of the World <>. Refraction of Light Demo
<>. Right Angle Prism  

Dispersion:

<>. <>. Light Dispersion - Glass Slab
<>.  <>.
Lens Optics:
<>. Optics Bench  (Original Site)
             
Lens Lab Worksheet
<>.
            
Diverging Lens
            Converging Lens
<>. Simple Optics Bench <>. Simple Magnification
<>. Image by a Diverging Lens <>. Ray Tracing For Lenses
<>.  Image by a Converging Lens <>. Thin Lens
<>.  Anatomy of the Microscope <>. Thick Lens
<>. Human Vision - Eye <>.
   
Optics Problems:
<>. Focal Length Problem <>. Fiber Optics
<>. Focal length of a Convex Mirror <>. Convex Lens
<>. Concave Mirror <>. Concave Lens

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