PHY102 - Light and Optics
Dr Luke Wilson
Contact details
Phone: 0114 22 23532
Room: E17
email: luke.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Aims/description
Timetable
Timetable information for this module can be found listed here
Examination papers
Past examination papers for this module can be found listed here
Course material
Applets
General:
- http://www.educypedia.be/education/physicsjavalabooptics.htm
- http://www.cordonline.net/laserapplets/
Huygen's principle:
Light polarisation:
- http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/dav_optics/Examples/polarization.html
- http://www.loncapa.org/~mmp/kap24/polarizers/Polarizer.htm
Interference and Diffraction:
- Double slits, varying d and wavelength: http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/doubleslit.htm
- Single slit, varying a and wavelength: http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/singleslit.htm
- Single, double, lots of others and lots of options, really good to play with: http://www.falstad.com/wave2d/
- Ripple tank, lots of options with pretty 3D view: http://ww.falstad.com/ripple/
Videos:
- The infamous Dr Quantum!!!:http://www.youtube.com/watch