Department of Physics
Physics Web Sites used in Optics study.
Optics Video Demos BYU
Fermat's Least Time Principle for Light
Paraxial is Not Perfect
Willebrord Snell
Introduction to Fiber Optics
Thin Lens Demonstration
Common Eye Problems
Telescopes
Mirrors
Hubble Space Telescope
How a Magnifying Glass Works
Eye Diagram
How a Telescope Works
Spherical Mirrors, and Refraction
Presbyopia
Curved Mirrors
The Telescope
F-Stops, Explained at Last
Frequency vs Wavelength
The Michelson Interferometer
Simple Harmonic Motion
Superposition of Waves
Group Velocity
Microscope
Interference
The Franklin Institute of Science Museum
The Exploratorium Home Page
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Thin Film Interference
Fabry-Perot Inferometer
Single Slit Diffraction
Young's double Slit
Young's Double Slit Model
Diffraction and Interference
Stoke's Law
Rayleigh Scattering
Blue Skies
Why Are Skies Blue and Sunsets Golden?
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Blue Sky- Red Sunset
Red Sunset, Green Flash