Optics
Textbook
Physics: Principles with Applications (2009), Chpt. 23-24
Homework/Activities
9Worksheet 1 Due:
9Worksheet 2 Due:
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9Worksheet 6 Due:
Concepts/Topics
9 Law of Reflection
9 Index of refraction, Snell’s Law (Äwavelength, Äv, draw diagrams, chromatic aberration)
9 Total internal reflection
9 Ray tracing (plane and spherical mirrors)
9 Focal point and center of curvature (spherical mirror)
9 Images: real vs. virtual, upright vs. inverted, reduced vs. enlarged
9 Mirror equation (object distance, image distance, focal length, magnification)
9 Images of objects inside or outside focal point of lens
9 Thin lens equation (object dist., image dist., focal length, magnification)
9 Ä in focal length due to Ä in lens curvature, Ä index of refraction, or Ä in immersion medium
9 Compound lenses (image of one lens is object of next)
9 Interference - mult. sources (constructive/destructive interference, maxima/minima, intensity)
9 Diffraction: single-slit, double-slit, grating (slit width, wavelength, patterns, why use grating for ë?)
9 Thin film interference
9 Electromagnetic spectrum (bandwidths by increasing wavelength)
Web Resources
Reflection/Refraction (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvwm4hlzYmo
Snell’s Law (HyperPhysics) hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/refr.html
Snell’s Law (PhET) phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-light
Snell’s Law (WolframAlpha) www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Snell%27s+law
Refraction and Snell’s Law (Khan) www.youtube.com/watch?v=y55tzg_jW9I
Snell’s Law (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5EW15BOy-c
Total Internal Reflection (Khan) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRuatAcd2WY
Ray Diagrams (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ss4NjzTZc
Virtual Images (Khan) www.youtube.com/watch?v=y55tzg_jW9I
Physics Mirrors (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmHK25Mts3I
Physics Lenses (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJNV1SFlv30
Converging Lenses (Physics Classroom) www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/u14l5da.cfm
Converging Lenses (Walter Fendt) www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/imageconvlens.htm
Convex Lenses (Khan) www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0sjZ5nqQ7g
Concave Lenses (Khan) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh70PyitQzo
Lens Equation (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi02n_lteXA
Image and Focal Distance (Khan) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rse0I7rZ8jM
Single Slit Diffraction (Walter Fendt) www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/singleslit.htm
Double Slit Interference (Walter Fendt) http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/doubleslit.htm
Double Slit Experiment (BrightStorm) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG1cM4BktlA
Diffraction Grating (WolframAlpha) www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=diffraction+grating
Thin Film (Sioux Falls Physics) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDurf2m1xhw
