Photo taken by Dr. Karen Williams at Hot Springs Science Museum.
Physics Websites Useful in Optics
Optics video demos (BYU)
Fermat's Least Time Principle for Light
Paraxial is Not Perfect
Lenses
Common Eye Problems
Telescopes
Mirrors
Hubble Space Telescope
Eye Diagram
How a Telescope Works
Spherical Mirrors, and Refraction
Curved Mirrors
The Telescope
Frequency vs Wavelength
The Michelson Interferometer
Simple Harmonic Motion
Superposition of waves
Microscope
Interference
The Exploratorium Home Page
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Thin Film Interference
Single Slit Diffraction
Young's Double Slit Model
Diffraction and Interference
Rayleigh Scattering
Blue Skies
Why Are Skies Blue and Sunsets Golden?
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Why is the Sky Blue?
Blue Sky- Red Sunset
Red Sunset, Green Flash
Page Links by Emily Scott, ECU Graduate
Updated Aug. 23, 2011