Wave Optics
A 11-module path through wave optics, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Huygens' Principle & Wavefronts
- Coherence & Interference: Path Difference, Phase & Intensity
- Young's Double-Slit Experiment
- Thin-Film Interference & Newton's Rings
- Single-Slit Diffraction
- Resolving Power, the Rayleigh Criterion & Gratings-Lite
- Polarization & Malus's Law
- Brewster's Law & Polarization by Reflection/Scattering
- ARCHETYPE: YDSE & Fringe-Width Numericals
- ARCHETYPE: Diffraction, Resolution & Grating Numericals
- TECHNIQUE: Optical-Path & Interference Shortcut Craft (subject capstone)