Episodes
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by a single slit
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by two slits
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by three slits ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by a single slit
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by pairs of 150 μm slits with spacings ranging from 150 μm to 2 mm
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by a narrow slit
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by an adjustable narrow slit
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of multiple beam interference in transmission using a cavity with curved mirrors and a single-frequency laser light source ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the use of a confocal cavity for the spectral analysis of single-frequency laser
Demonstration of the use of a confocal cavity for the spectral analysis of multifrequency laser
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of multiple beam interference using a plane mirror cavity in transmission with mirror separation of 3 mm and collimated incident beam
Observation of finesse, free spectral range, and effect of cavity misalignment ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of two-beam interference in a Michelson interferometer with collimated beams
Demonstration of fringe contrast with path length difference for a single-frequency laser light source ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of two-beam interference in a Michelson interferometer with collimated beams
Demonstration of the effect of path length difference (0-100 cm) on fringe contrast ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of two-beam interference in a Michelson interferometer with collimated beams
Determination of the state of polarization in each arm of the interferometer ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of two-beam interference in a Michelson interferometer with collimated beams
Effect of intensity difference between interfering beams on fringe contrast
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of two-beam interference in a Michelson interferometer with collimated beams
Effect of vibrations on fringe contrast
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of constructive and destructive interference in a Michelson interferometer using diverging beams
Demonstration of complete destructive interference between the two beams leaving the interferometer for equal path lengths ....
Published 04/12/12
Demo of two-beam interference using diverging beams in a Michelson interferometer
Demo of various fringe patterns as a function of the alignment of the interferometer mirrors
Change in fringe pattern as a function of path length difference
Published 04/12/12
Demo of two-beam interference using collimated beams in a Michelson interferometer
Demo of various fringe patterns as a function of the alignment of the interferometer mirrors
Effect of mirror translation on fringe pattern using a piezoelectric driver
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the absence of any change in the state of polarization of the reflected and transmitted light at a glass-air boundary below the critical angle ....
Published 04/12/12
Reflection and transmission at a glass-air boundary as a function of angle of incidence (0-90º) for different states of polarization of the incident light
Demo of the critical angle ....
Published 04/12/12
Reflection and transmission of light at an air-glass boundary as a function of the angle of incidence (0-90º) for different states of polarization of the incident light
Demonstration of Brewster's angle
Published 04/12/12
Propagation of linearly polarized light in a dielectric (Lucite) rod
Observation of Rayleigh scattered light within rod
Demonstration that the state of polarization of the scattered light is the same as that of the incident light
Published 04/12/12
Need for an optical isolator
Demonstration of the performance of an optical isolator using a quarter-wave plate and a linear polarizer
Published 04/12/12
Description of a half-wave plate
Use of a half-wave plate to rotate the plane of polarization from zero to ninety degrees with very little loss
Demo that there is no change in the state of polarization when propagating along either principal axis...
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration that there is no change in the state of polarization when propagating along either principal axis of the quarter-wave plate
Published 04/12/12
Rotation of the plane of polarization of light using a single linear polarizer
Limitation of the single polarizer method
Rotation of the plane of polarization using two linear polarizers
Effect of polarization rotation on transmitted intensity
Published 04/12/12
Overview of demonstrations in lasers and optics
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the change in the state of polarization of light after reflection by two aluminum coated mirrors
Published 04/12/12