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Seminar Topics

  • Convex Lenses

  • Concave Lenses

  • Convex Mirrors

  • Concave Mirrors

  • Myopia & Curing Myopia

  • Hyperopia & Curing Hyperopia

  • The Kingfisher Bird

  • The Hubble Space Telescope

  • Polarization Filters

  • Lasers

  • Optical Telescopes

  • Optical Microscopes

  • The Bröcken Spectre and the Glory

  • Sun and Moon Halos

  • Rainbows(1/2, 2x 1/2, Full, 2x Full)

  • Diffraction Gratings

  • Fiber Optics

  • Color:  Addition, Subtraction, and Complimentary Colors

  • Prisms

  • Mirages

  • Bubbles and Color

Relevant Concepts

  • Reflection

  • Refraction

  • Diffraction

  • Dispersion

  • Convergence

  • Divergence

  • Absorption

  • Emission

  • Transmission

  • Total Internal Reflection

  • Snell's Law

  • Interference: Constructive & Destructive

  • Absorption & Emission Spectra

  • Line vs. Continuous Spectra

Mirrors

Planar, Convex, and Concave Mirrors (Java)
    Which type of mirror causes divergence of the light rays?  Which type causes convergence?

Reflection Off A Convex Mirror (Java)

Image Formation by a Diverging Mirror (Java)

Reflection off a Concave Mirror (Java)

Lenses

Convex and Concave Lenses (Java)
    Which type of lens causes divergence of the light rays?  Which type causes convergence?

General Light Resources

Combining Lenses

Thick Lens Ray Trace

Lens/Mirror Java Applet

Microscope Java Applet

Eye Surgery Slideshow (not for the meek!!!)

Snell's Law

Snell's Law Applet 1

Snell's Law Applet 2

Mirages

Mirages of many types

Misc.

Atmospheric Optics

Invisibility

Student Seminar Notes

Convex Mirrors

Fiber Optics

Fiber Optics

Hubble

Mirages

Concave Mirrors

Sun & Moon Halos

Myopia

Sun & Moon Halos

Polarization Filters

Polarization Filters

Spectrophotometry

Lasers