....Light Properties + Reflection and Refraction
High school physics and chemistry        www.physchem.info
Polarization of Light
... Properties of Light
...Polarization of light
...How did they measure the speed of light before 1700?
...Polarization of light II
Color
....Watch a filter work !
...Mixing colors of light
.....Mixing of colors II  (subtractive process of mixing paints)
Thin Film Interference               Watch bubble dissappear!
...Thin film interference of light
...Soap bubbles
... Why is the ocean blue?
...Thin Films
....Nonreflecting glass
...Why are soap films the shape they are?..
...Thin film coatings on materials
             Interference
.....How does slit distance change the interference pattern
....Interference in light
.....REFLECTION AND  IMAGES IN MIRRORS.
....Image in plane mirror
... Info about reflection and images
.....Image formed of a spot
...A  right angled mirror and  images
.....Convex and Concave Mirrors
....Convex or concave lens or mirror
    used at UCLA
...Look
...Lens combination
...Convex mirrors....also shows the field of view
...Thin lens and mirror applet
... Mirrors ....put in the numbers and you can see the results...  Math    1/f = 1/p + 1/q
...Optical Bench....Place the object and view the image...
...Lots of Optics
       REFRACTION
....Snell's Law showing the angles
... Snell's Law Applet
...Showing refraction of wavefronts
....Total internal reflection and refraction
...Light through a prism
    How a compact disc uses a laser to function
...How light travels through a prism
  Total internal reflection .....flashlight
.....Watch the coin appear in the cup when water is poured in!
... Optical Illusions !!!
,,,,,The Exploratorium: Lots of stuff about light and how it works in different situations
...Rainbows
  Why is a rainbow round?
... Pictures of rainbows
...Fiber optics
...Website on Light and its uses