Physics Websites Useful in Optics
Optics video demos (BYU)
Fermat's Least Time Principle for Light
Paraxial is Not Perfect
Willebrord Snell
Lenses
Ray-diagram Solution of Lens (& mirror) Systems
Introduction to Fiber Optics
Thin Lens Demonstration
Common Eye Problems
Telescopes
Mirrors
Hubble Space Telescope
How a Magnifying Glass Works
Eye Diagram
Reflection of Light and Image Formation
How a Telescope Works
Spherical Mirrors, and Refraction
Presbyopia
Curved Mirrors
The Telescope
F-Stops, Explained at Last
Frequency vs Wavelength
The Michelson Interferometer
The Life of Albert A. Michelson
Demonstration of Group Velocity
Simple Harmonic Motion
Interferometer Experiment
Superposition of waves
Group Velocity
Fresnel Biprism
SHM
Even More Interference
Microscope
Michelson
Interference
The Franklin Institute of Science Museum
The Exploratorium Home Page
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Thin Film Interference
Fabry-Perot Inferometer
Single Slit Diffraction
Young's double slit
Wave Optics
Young's Double Slit Model
Diffraction and Interference
Newton's Rings
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Single Slit Diffraction
Stoke's Law
Rayleigh Scattering
Blue Skies
Why Are Skies Blue and Sunsets Golden?
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Why is the Sky Blue?
Blue Sky- Red Sunset
Red Sunset, Green Flash
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Updated Aug. 17, 2005