Optics

Learn how light can be described as a ray or wave and how you manipulate light with lasers and optical lenses.

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Phase Velocity of a Wave (Wavelength, Period)

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Wave (Phase Velocity, Frequency, Wavelength)

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Biconcave Lens (Focal Length, Refractive Index, Radius of Curvature)

Biconcave Lens With Radius of Curvature and Focal Length

Light beam passes through a medium with smaller speed of light

Example of Radiant Exitance of the Sun

Video

Classical Double-Slit Experiment explained simply in 16 minutes!

In this video, Young's double-slit experiment with light is explained in a simple way. How the interference pattern of the double-slit is formed and which role light diffraction plays.

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Destructive Interference Condition (Path Difference)

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Condition for Constructive Interference (Path Difference, Wavelength)

Propagation of a plane light wave according to the Huygens principle

Double-slit Experiment - basic setup

Lesson

Double-Slit Experiment with Light

Young's double-slit experiment with light. You learn how the interference pattern of the double-slit is formed and which role light diffraction plays.

Formula

Double slit experiment (wavelength, path difference, slit distance)

Course

Fundamentals of optics

Here you will learn the basics of geometrical and wave optics. With this you can describe the behavior of light of our everyday life.

Plane wave in a complex plane

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Optics

Phase Velocity of a Wave (Wavelength, Period)

Wave (Phase Velocity, Frequency, Wavelength)

Biconcave Lens (Focal Length, Refractive Index, Radius of Curvature)

Classical Double-Slit Experiment explained simply in 16 minutes!

Destructive Interference Condition (Path Difference)

Condition for Constructive Interference (Path Difference, Wavelength)

Double-Slit Experiment with Light

Double slit experiment (wavelength, path difference, slit distance)

Fundamentals of optics

Phase Velocity of a Wave (Frequency, Wave Number)

Lens Equation (Focal Length, Image and Object Width)

Speed of Light in Medium (Refractive Index)