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THE NATURE OF LIGHT |
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Waves and Photons |
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Absorption and emission of light and light sources |
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GEOMETRIC OPTICS |
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Reflection |
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Refraction (Snell's Law and total internal reflection) |
| The lensmakers formula and how lenses are made |
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Ray tracing to find images |
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Thin lens equation |
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WAVE OPTICS |
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Interference of waves (thin films, diffraction gratings) |
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Diffraction |
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Polarization |
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Spectra of light sources |
Diffraction grating |
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Index of refraction ("disappearing beaker") |
Single slit diffraction- width of a hair |
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Snell's law of refraction |
Polarization experiment |
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Thin Lenses- focal length |
Lasers and flashlights |
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Thin Lenses - Imaging |
(others as needed or as I discover them!) |