Chapter 17, 25.5, 25.6 in Knight 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
  • Refraction
  • Diffraction
  • Thin-film Interference
• Doc Physics Videos
  • Wave Interference Review
  • Wave Interference Review Part II
  • Huygens Principle
  • Double Slit Diffraction
  • Single Slit Diffraction
  • Poisson's Spot
  • Thin Film Interference
  • DVD Diffraction
  • Diffraction Gratings
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Intro to Reflection
  • Diffuse/Specular-Regular Reflection
  • Intro to Refraction
  • Full List:
    • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLUpvzaZLf3KRRaeMVudt1G-iuclmAbfw
• Video Tutorial from Monterey:
  • Light
  • Diffraction
  • Reflection/Refraction
• Demo Videos (Open University)
  • Water Wave Diffraction
• Crash Course
  • Maxwell's Equations
  • Light as Waves
  • Spectra Interference

Notes

• Chapter Summary
• Lecture Notes: Light | Diffraction | Thin Films | Refraction
• Extra Notes

Labs and Simulations

• Diffraction Lab
• Refraction 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