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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. examples

• Intro. 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 Law

• Pairs of polarizers

• Practical examples including polarized sunglasses, camera filters, LCDs, acrylic stress tester

 

Wednesday, May 16

 

• A few more polari zation examples

• Law 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?

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• 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 lenses

• Mirages

 

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