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Thin Lens and mirrors
A ray diagram to show image formation with thin lenses or mirrors. The focal length and object distance can be changed.
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Ray tracing for thin lenses
A limited illustration of ray tracing through a converging or diverging thin lens
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Thin film interference
About thin film interference, and how it demonstrates that light is a wave.
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Ketchup: Thick or thin?
Have you ever had trouble getting ketchup to come out of the bottle? Find out why here.
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Why are butterflies colored?
An explanation of how the brilliant metallic blue of morpho butterflies is created by thin film interference.
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Thin film reflection
This applet models resonance and interference effects as waves pass through various layers. There are two modes: Electromagnetic, EM, which models the transmission of light through multi-layer films, ...
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Rutherford Scattering
The scattering of alpha particles by a thin sheet of gold foil. This experiment demonstrated that most particles passed through the foil completely undeflected, while a few were deflected at ...
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Rainbows in Soap Bubbles
Why do you see rainbows in soap bubbles or on oily water? Explanation of thin film interference from HowStuffWorks.com
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Thin Lens Equation
A common Gaussian form of the lens equation is shown on this page. This is the form used in most introductory textbooks.
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Dennis Gabor
Dennis Gabor (1900 - 1971) work led to the development of a number of devices including: a holographic microscope, an analogue computer, a flat thin colour television tube, and a new type of ...
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