Optics

Support Equipment

• 6 -00.00 - Support Equipment used for Optics

Geometrical Optics

Speed of Light

• 6A01.05 - Speed of Light - Laser Diode
• 6A01.10 - Speed of Light
• 6A01.25 - Audio/Video Communications -- Optical Method
• 6A01.30 - Speed of Light - Rotating Mirror
• 6A01.39 - Speed of Light - Microwave

Straight Line Propagation

Reflection from Flat Surfaces

• 6A10.10 - Blackboard Optics - Straight Mirrors
• 6A10.17? - Mirror Box Puzzle
• 6A10.18 - Microwave Demo - Acute Angle Reflection
• 6A10.20 - Specular & Diffuse Reflection
• 6A10.31 - Mirrors - Large Corner Cube Reflector
• 6A10.35 - Mirrors - Perversion
• 6A10.39 - Mirrors - Periscope
• 6A10.40 - Mirrors - Mirror at an Angle
• 6A10.42 - Mirrors - Kaleidoscope - Teleidoscope - Polariscope
• 6A10.45 - Mirrors - Parallel Mirrors and Infinite Images
• 6A10.55? - Mirrors - Anti-Gravity Mirror
• 6A10.60 - Mirrors - Candle Underwater

Reflection from Curves Surfaces

• 6A20.10 - Mirrors - Blackboard Optics - Curved Mirrors
• 6A20.24 - Mirrors - Curved Mirrors, Caustics, and Anamorphic Images
• 6A20.30 - Mirrors - Image of a Light Bulb
• 6A20.35 - Mirrors - Image of a Quarter - Optic Mirage
• 6A20.37 - Mirrors - Pendulum and Hemispherical Mirror
• 6A20.45 - Mirrors - Concave, Convex, Large Parabolic, & Store Mirror
• 6A20.47 - Mirrors - Spherical Reflectors
• 6A20.50 - Mirrors - Cylindrical Amusement Park Mirrors

Refractive Index

• 6A40.11 - Apparent Depth - Pencil in the Block
• 6A40.30 - Index of Refraction - Wesson Oil
• 6A40.40 - Refraction - Variable Index of Refraction - Sugar Water

Refraction from Flat Surfaces

• 6A42.10 - Blackboard Optics - Refraction Block
• 6A42.20 - Refraction - Laser and Tank
• 6A42.40 - Refraction - Penny & Cup
• 6A42.45 - Refraction - Broken Rod
• 6A42.51 - Prisms
• 6A42.53 - Blackboard Optics - Prism
• 6A42.65 - Dispersion of Liquids - Hollow Prism

Total Internal Reflection

• 6A44.10 - Blackboard Optics - Total Internal Reflection
• 6A44.20 - Critical Angle - Laser and Tank 
• 6A44.40 - Fiber Optics - Light Pipes
• 6A44.42 - Frustrated Total Internal Reflection - Steal the Signal
• 6A44.43 - Fiber Optics - Acrylic Tube
• 6A44.45 - Fiber Optics - Water Stream Light Pipe

Rainbow

• 6A46.10 - Rainbow - Water
• 6A46.30 - Raindrop and Rainbow - ref. Chem. & Physics of E. E.

Thin Lens

• 6A60.10 - Thin Lenses - Blackboard Optics
• 6A60.31 - Thin Lenses - Image Formation - Arrow Projector
• 6A60.32 - Thin Lenses - Image Formation
• 6A60.40 -  Mirrors - Virtual Image
• 6A60.49 - Thin Lenses - Focal Points and Focal Lengths

Pinhole

• 6A61.21 - Pinhole Camera - Pinhole Images

Thick Lens

• 6A65.10 - Irises and Stops
• 6A65.20 - Chromatic Aberration
• 6A65.30 - Distortion - Barrel and Pincushion
• 6A65.31 - Distortion - Coma
• 6A65.34 - Astigmatism
• 6A65.40 - Spherical Aberration
• 6A65.52 - Water Drop Lens - Oil Drop Lens
• 6A65.56 - Thick Lenses - Cylindrical Lenses
• 6A65.67 - Dragonfly Lens
• 6A65.70 - Fresnel Lenses

Optical Instruments

• 6A70.10 - Microscopes
• 6A70.20 - Telescopes - Optical Rail Models
• 6A70.23 - Telescopes - Refractors and Reflectors
• 6A70.28? - Binoculars
• 6A70.30 - Camera
• 6A70.45 - Combination Lenses - Doublets

Photometry

Luminosity

• 6B10.00 - Luminosity - Candela - Candle Power
• 6B10.10 - Inverse Square Law - Point Source
• 6B10.20 - Inverse Square Law - Diffuse Light Source
• 6B10.25 - Wein's Law - Planetary Sunlight Intensity - ref. Astronomy

Radiation Pressure

Blackbodies

• 6B40.10 - Variac and Light Bulb - ref. Astronomy
• 6B40.20 - Hole in a Box - Bichsel Boxes
• 6B40.52 - Infrared Viewer & I. R. Projector
• 6B40.55 - Spectrum vs. Temperature - ref. Astronomy

Diffraction

Diffraction Through One Slit

• 6C10.12 - Diffraction - Laser and Cornell Plate
• 6C10.15 - Diffraction - Laser and Adjustable Slit

Diffraction Around Objects

• 6C20.10 - Diffraction Around Objects - Poisson's Spot
• 6C20.18 - Interference Patterns - Water Drop
• 6C20.20 - Diffraction - Hair and Pins
• 6C20.30 - Diffraction - Pinhole
• 6C20.35? - Diffraction - Circular and Square Aperture
• 6C20.40 - Zone Plates

Interference

Interference from Two Sources

• 6D10.10 - Interference - Laser and Cornell Plate (Db. Slit)
• 6D10.12 - Interference - Air and Water (Db. Slit)
• 6D10.20 - Interference - Microwave (Db. Slit)

Interference of Polarized Light

Gratings

• 6D20.10 - Gratings - Cornell Plate
• 6D20.20 - Gratings - Mercury, White Light, and Laser Spectra
• 6D20.23? - Gratings - Phase or Holographic Gratings
• 6D20.28 - Spectroscopes
• 6D20.32 - CD or DVD Gratings
• 6D20.35 - Wire Diffraction Grating
• 6D20.50 - Diffraction - Crossed Screens
• 6D20.58 - Electron Diffraction - Optical Simulation - ref. Modern Physics
• 6D20.75 - Laser Speckle Pattern

Thin Films

• 6D30.10 - Thin Film Interference - Newton's Rings
• 6D30.20 - Thin Film Interference - Soap Films
• 6D30.30 - Thin Film Interference - Air Wedges with Sodium Light
• 6D30.35? - Thin Film Interference - HeNe Laser and Air Wedges 
• 6D30.40 - Thin Film Interference - Pohl's Mica Sheet
• 6D30.46? - Thin Film Interference - Alcohol Film
• 6D30.80? - Interference - Microscope Slide
• 6D30.85 - Interference - Microscope Slide and Soldering Gun

Interferometers

• 6D40.10 - Michelson Interferometer
• 6D40.22 - Lloyd's Mirror - Microwave Version
• 6D40.27? - Lloyd's Mirror - Optical Version
• 6D40.55 - Fabry-Perot Interferometry

Color

Synthesis and Analysis of Color

• 6F10.10 - Color Box and Color Mixing
• 6F10.19 - Colors - Additive and Subtractive Primaries
• 6F10.20 - Filters
• 6F10.25 - Color Wheels
• 6F10.45 - Complementary Shadows
• 6F10.51 - Spectral Lines/Spectroscopy - Food Coloring - ref. Modern Physics
• 6F10.52 - Filtergraph
• 6F10.55 - Spectral Lines/Spectroscopy - Didymium Glass - ref. Modern Physics
• 6F10.61 - Dyes - Transmitted and Reflected

Dispersion

Scattering

• 6F40.10 - Distortion due to Atmospheric Scattering

Polarization

Dichroic Polarization

• 6H10.10 - Polarization - Crossed Polaroids
• 6H10.20 - Polarization - Microwave
• 5N10.60 - Polarization - Electromagnetic Radiation - Radio Transmitter

Polarization by Reflection

• 6H20.10 - Polarization - Brewster's Angle

Circular Polarization

• 6H30.10 - Polarization - Three Polaroids
• 6H30.30 - Polarization - Karo Syrup Tube
• 6H30.40 - Polarization - Karo Syrup Tube, Depths of Karo
• 6H30.45 - Polarization - Quartz

Birefringence

• 6H35.15 - Polarization - Calcite
• 6H35.30 - Polarization - Nicol Prisms
• 6H35.35? - Polarization - Wollaston Prism
• 6H35.37? - Polarization - Glan-Thompson Prism
• 6H35.40 - Quarter and Half Wave Plates
• 6H35.50 - Polarization - Stress on Plastic and Glass
• 6H35.52 - Polarization - Mica
• 6H35.53 - Polarization - Butterfly & Cube - Selenite Designs
• 6H35.55 - Polarization - Cellophane

Polarization by Scattering

• 6H50.10 - Polarization - Scattering
• 6H50.15? - Optical Thickness
• 6H50.20 - Polarization - Tyndall Experiment

The Eye

The Eye

• 6J10.10 - Model of an Eye - ref. Physics of the Human Body
• 6J10.30 - Blind Spot
• 6J10.50 - Astigmatism Chart

Physiology

• 6J11.10 - Retinal Fatigue - Bidwell's Disc
• 6J11.11 - Optic Top - Benham's Disk
• 6J11.20 - Visual Fatigue & Afterimage
• 6J11.25? - Stereoscopic Vision - Hole in the Hand
• 6J11.30 -  Persistence of Vision - Stroboscopic Disks
• 6J11.31 -  Skywriter
• 6J11.33 -  Persistence of Vision - Magic Screen
• 6J11.35 - Integration of Light Pulses
• 6J11.52 - Optical Illusions and 3-D Viewing 
• 6J11.55 -  Perception - Optic Tops
• 6J11.56? - Perception - Shades of Gray
• 6J11.56-B? - Perception - Color Perception
• 6J11.57? - Perception - Near and Far,  Spatial Scale
• 6J11.60 - Perception - Depth Perception
• 6J11.65? - Pulfrich Phenomenon - Pulfrich Pendulum
• 6J11.70 - Color Blindness
• 6J11.80 - Eye Charts

Modern Optics

Holography

• 6Q10.10 - Holography
• 6Q10.85 - Holograph with Magnifier

Physical Optics