Physics 323 Lecture Notes Part I: Optics - Sicyon
Physics 323 Lecture Notes
Part I: Optics
A. A. Louro
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Contents
1 Nature of light
1.1
1.2
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Light ¨C Wave or stream of particles? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.1
What is a wave? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.2
Evidence for wave properties of light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.3
Evidence for light as a stream of particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Features of a wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Propagation of light
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2.1
Huygens¡¯ Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2
Refraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3
Total internal reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Images
3.1
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Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1.1
Real images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1.2
Virtual images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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