Optics

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Choose a subtopic from the list below and see the demos we have to offer.

• 6A : Geometrical Optics

  
  
  • 6A10 Reflection from Flat Surfaces
    • 6A10.15 - Laser and Flat Mirror
    
    
  • 6A20 Reflection from Curved Surfaces
    • 6A20.15 - Parallel Lasers and Curved Mirrors
    
    
  • 6A42 Refraction at Flat Surfaces
    • 6A42.21 - Nakamura Refraction Tank
    • 6A42.55 - Paraffin Prism and Microwaves
    
    
  • 6A44 Total Internal Reflection
    • 6A44.40 - Laser and Fiber Optics
    
    
  • 6A60 Thin Lenses
    • 6A60.20 - Parallel Lasers and Lenses
    • 6A30.31 - Projected Arrow with Lens
    
    
  
  

• 6B : Photometry

  
  
  • 6B10 Luminosity
    • 6B10.15 - Inverse Square Law Model
    
    
  • 6B40 Blackbodies
    • 6B40.10 - Variac and Light Bulb
    • 6B40.20 - Hole in a Box
    
    
  
  

• 6C : Diffraction

  
  
  • 6C10 Diffraction Through One Slit
    • 6C10.10 - Laser and Single Slit
    • 6C10.50 - Microwave Diffraction
    • N/A - Rayleigh Criterion for Resolution
    
    
  • 6C20 Diffraction Around Objects
    • 6C20.30 - Pinhole Diffraction
    
    
  
  

• 6D : Interference

  
  
  • 6D10 Interference from Two Sources
    • 6D10.10 - Laser and Double Slit
    • 6D10.20 - Microwave Two Slit Interference
    • 6D10.25 - Microwave Two Source Interference
    
    
  • 6D20 Gratings
    • 6D20.10 - Laser and Multiple Slits
    
    
  • 6D30 Thin Films
    • 6D30.20 - Soap Film Interference
    
    
  
  

• 6F : Color

  
  
  • 6F10 Synthesis and Analysis of Light and Color
    • 6F10.20 - Color Filters
    
    
  • 6F30 Dispersion
    • 6F30.10 - Prism Dispersion of White Light
    
    
  
  

• 6H : Polarization

  
  
  • 6H10 Dichroic Polarization
    • 6H10.10 - Polaroids on the Overhead
    • 6H10.20 - Microwave Polarization
    
    
  • 6H20 Polarization by Reflection
    • 6H20.10 - Brewster's Angle
    
    
  • 6H30 Circular Polarization
    • 6H30.10 - Three Polaroids
    
    
  • 6H35 Birefringence
    • 6H35.15 - Calcite and Polaroid on the Overhead
    • 6H35.50 - Stress Plastic
    
    
  
  

• Audio-Visual Resources

  
  

  The Optics videos are stored in MSTB 139.

  
  
  • • The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond: Vol.40