6A : Geometrical Optics

• 6A10 Reflection from Flat Surfaces
  • 6A10.10 - Ray Optics: Plane Mirror
  • 6A10.30 - Corner Cube Reflector
  
  
• 6A20 Reflection from Curved Surfaces
  • 6A20.15 - Ray Optics: Curved Mirrors
  • 6A20.45 - Convex and Concave Mirrors
  
  
• 6A42 Refraction at Flat Surfaces
  • 6A42.10 - Ray Optics: Refraction
  • 6A42.21 - Nakamura Refraction Tank
  
  
• 6A44 Total Internal Reflection
  • 6A44.10 - Ray Optics: Total Internal Reflection
  • 6A44.40 - Laser and Fiber Optics
  
  
• 6A60 Thin Lenses
  • 6A60.10 - Ray Optics: Thin Lenses
  • 6A60.30 - Thin Lens Projection
  
  

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
  • 6C10.60 - 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
  
  
• 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
  • 6F10.25 - As Easy as R, G, B
  
  
• 6F30 Dispersion
  • 6F30.10 - Prism Dispersion of White Light
  
  
• 6F40 Scattering
  • 6F40.10 - Rayleigh Scattering and Sunset
  
  

6H : Polarization

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

Audio-Visual Resources

The Optics videos are stored in MSTB 139.

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