Lecture Demonstrations Laboratory

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PHYS 5310 001: Optics

• 1. Laser light going through holes of different diameter. 2. Camera Obscura (light bulb) see bulb filament projected on screen thru small hole in box.

• Razor Edge Diffraction

• Reflection from 3 mutually perpendicular mirrors. Shine laser pointer on mirrors. Use pair of erasers with chalk dust to make laser beam visible.

• Total Internal Reflection

• Light curving in clear plastic cylindrical shell & sugar solution tank

•  video  - Ray Optics Kit
• Confocal Mirrors
• Concave Mirror

• Waves in spinning chain

•  video  - Transverse Waves
  (no sticks on string)
•  video  - Longitudinal Waves
• Singing Tubes and Rods
  (Standing waves in aluminum rod and black corrugated tube)

•  video  - Doppler Buzzer

•  video  - Diffraction & Interference in Ripple Tank
•  video  - Interference and Diffraction
• Multiple Slit Interference II
•  video  - Newton's Rings
•  video  - Thin Film Interference
  (don't need projector or lens)