PIRA DCS: Optics


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6A-Geometrical Optics
01. Speed of Light
02. Straight Line Propagation
10. Reflection From Flat Surfaces
20. Reflection From Curved Surfaces
40. Refractive Index
42. Refraction at Flat Surfaces
44. Total Internal Reflection
46. Rainbow
60. Thin Lens
61. Pinhole
65. Thick Lens
70. Optical Instruments
6B-Photometry
10. Luminosity
30. Radiation Pressure
40. Blackbodies
6C-Diffraction
10. Diffraction From Two Sources
20. Diffraction Around Objects
6D-Interference
10. Interference From Two Sources
15. Interference of Polarized Light
20. Gratings
30. Thin Films
40. Interferometers
6F-Color
10. Synthesis and Analysis of Color
30. Dispersion
40. Scattering
6H-Polarization
10. Dichroic Polarization
20. Polarization by Reflection
30. Circular Polarization
35. Birefringence
50. Polarization by Scattering
6J-The Eye
10. The Eye
11. Physiology
6Q-Modern Optics
10. Holography
20. Physical Optics


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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007


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