Optics Demonstrations

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6A-Geometrical Optics

01. Speed of Light
02. Straight Line Propagation
10. Reflection From Flat Surfaces
- 50. Full View Mirror
- 55. Eye Chart Image
- 60. Reflection Illusions - The Cold Candle
20. Reflection From Curved Surfaces
- 01. Looking in a Concave Mirror
- 10. Concave & Convex Mirrors with Blackboard Optics
- 32. Burning a Candle at Both Ends
- 37. Ball and Concave Mirror
- 40. Image with a Concave Mirror
40. Refractive Index
42. Refraction at Flat Surfaces
44. Total Internal Reflection
46. Rainbow
60. Thin Lens
- 05. Ray Box with 2-D Lenses
- 10. Thin Lenses with Blackboard Optics
- 31. Lens Images with an Optics Bench
61. Pinhole
65. Thick Lens
- 70. Fresnel Lens
70. Optical Instruments

6B-Photometry

10. Luminosity
30. Radiation Pressure
40. Blackbodies

6C-Diffraction

10. Diffraction From Two Sources
- 10. Single Slit or Pinhole Diffraction
20. Diffraction Around Objects

6D-Interference

10. Interference From Two Sources
- 05. Interference with Fiberglass Roofing Strips
- 10. Double Slit and Multiple Slit Interference
15. Interference of Polarized Light
20. Gratings
- 20. Grating Dispersion with Blackboard Optics
- 20. Dispersion with Replica Grating Slides
30. Thin Films
- 20. Thin Film Interference in a Plastic Bottle
40. Interferometers
- 10. Michelson Interferometer

6F-Color

10. Synthesis and Analysis of Color
- 20. Color Filters
30. Dispersion
- 10. Prism Dispersion with Blackboard Optics
40. Scattering

6H-Polarization

10. Dichroic Polarization
- 11. Polaroid Sheets
- 12. Small Polaroid Sheets
20. Polarization by Reflection
30. Circular Polarization
35. Birefringence
- 50. Birefringence with Stressed Plastic & Mica
50. Polarization by Scattering

6J-The Eye

10. The Eye
11. Physiology

6Q-Modern Optics

10. Holography
20. Physical Optics

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