Unit 14 on AP Classroom
Chapter 22, 24, 25 in Ektina Book // Chapter 24, 27, 25.2 in OpenStax Online book 

Includes Light Basics, Diffraction, Refraction, Thin Film Interference

Unit Objectives (what you should end up knowing)

Lecture Videos

• Duffy Videos

  • 1 Diffraction [U9DUF-01]

  • 2 Refraction [U9DUF-02]

  • 3 Thin-film Interference [U9DUF-03]

• Doc Physics Videos

  • 0 Wave Interference Review [U09-DP01]

  • 0 Wave Interference Review Part II [U09-DP02]

  • 1 Huygens Principle [U09-DP03]

  • 1 Double Slit Diffraction [U09-DP04]

  • 1 DVD Diffraction [U09-DP05]

  • 1 Diffraction Gratings [U09-DP06]

  • 1 Single Slit Diffraction [U09-DP07]

  • 2 Thin Film Interference [U09-DP8]

  • 3 Intro to Reflection [U09-DP09]

  • 3 Diffuse/Specular-Regular Reflection [U09-DP10]

  • 4 X-Ray Diffraction [U09-DP11]

  • 4 Poisson's Spot [U09-DP12]

  • Full List:

    • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLUpvzaZLf3KRRaeMVudt1G-iuclmAbfw

• Demo Videos (Open University)

  • 0 Water Wave Diffraction

• Crash Course

  • 0 Maxwell's Equations

  • 1 Light as Waves

  • 1 Spectra Interference

Notes

• • Chapter Summary

  • Lecture Notes: Light | Diffraction | Thin Films | Refraction

  • Extra Notes

Labs and Simulations

• • Diffraction Lab (simulation if you missed the lab)

  • Refraction Lab (simulation if you missed the lab)

Unit Development

• • Example Problems [solutions]

  • AP Problem Packet [solutions]

Extra Stuff

• • Other YouTube Videos

    • Why does light slow down in glass? (Sixty Symbols)

    • Double Slit Diffraction (Veritasium)

    • Diffraction of a Single Photon (Veritasium)

    • Diffraction and Canadian Money (SteveMould)

• Simulations

  • EM Wave Simulation: http://www.surendranath.org/Applets/Waves/EMWave/EMWave.html

  • Lens Animation: http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=1395.0

  • Virtual Optics Bench: http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=48

  • Phet Optics Bench: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/geometric-optics/geometric-optics_en.html