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Monday, May 7
Intro. to light as a form of electromagnetic radiation
History of the measurement of the speed of light
Tuesday, May 8
Color mixing and color theory
Reflection of colors
Wednesday, May 9
Luminous vs. illuminated surfaces
Luminous flux - units, theory for spherical illumination
inverse square law
Thursday, May 10
Intro. to light intensity lab
More color mixing demonstrations
Friday, May 11
P. 390; 31-35, 41 due
Light intensity lab
Monday, May 14
P. 390, 21-26 due
Thin film interference
Low e glass
, soap bubbles, stealth aircraft, etc. examplesIntro. to pol
arization with 4th period
Tuesday, May 15
Return/review first two problem sets
Light Intensity Lab due
Polarization e
xamples including Malus' law, Brewster's LawPairs of polarizers
Practical examples including polarized sunglasses, camera filters, LCDs, acrylic stress tester
Wednesday, May 16
A few more polari
zation examplesLaw of Reflection
Snell's law and the least time problem
Thursday, May 17
A Snell's law and reflection example: Li
ght enters a 4.5 cm cube of glass 40° from the surface and reflects off the bottom. What position on the top of the cube does the light exit?Light is incident from water to air at a
55° angle from the normal. Where does the ray go?
Friday, May 18
Total inter
nal reflection and fiber optic examples
Monday, May 21
P. 411, 31-36 due
Dispersion of light myth: Calculate angle between 400 nm & 650 nm light at 45° to surface
Tuesday, May 22
Ray diagrams with mirrors and len
ses
Wednesday, May 23
More ray diagrams with mirr
ors and lensesMirages
Thursday, May 24
Final Exam: Part 1
Friday, May 25
Final Exam: Part 2
Monday, May 28
No class - Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29
Diffraction gratings - construction and uses
Spectroscopy
Wednesday, May 30
Light Unit Test
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