Optics

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1. Light
   1. Nature of light
      1. Waves
      2. Evidence for wave properties of light
      3. Evidence for light as a stream of particles
   2. Features of a wave
2. Propagation of light
   1. Fermat's Principle
   2. Refraction
   3. Total internal reflection
3. Fibre optics
4. Images
   1. Images
      1. Real images
      2. Virtual images
   2. Curved mirrors
   3. The mirror equation
5. Lenses
   1. Introduction
   2. Refraction at a spherical interface
   3. A lens
      1. Locating the image
      2. The lensmaker’s equation
      3. Converging and diverging lenses
6. Optical instruments using lenses
   1. Single-lens systems
      1. A magnifying glass
   2. Compound optical systems
   3. The refracting telescope
7. Interference and diffraction
   1. Wave phenomena
      1. Huygens’ Principle
      2. Introduction
      3. Interference
      4. Diffraction
   2. Summary of formulas in this chapter

1. Small angle approximation
   1. Small angle approximation
2. Derivations for the Module 7 exam
   1. Derivations for the Module 7 exam

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Diffractive optics papers and patents. Also available [1] and [2] news and events. Gradient-index optics rewiews, theory and ideas