Optics
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Equipment
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Fundamental Laws of Optics
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- Various apparatus for basic optics available
including: lenses, lasers, prisms, polaroid
filters, coloured filters, mirrors, mica
plate, quarter-wave plate, gratings, apertures, slits, mesh screen,
optical benches & accessories, spectrum discharge tubes, fluorescent
minerals, light sources, and holographic diffraction gratings for
individual use.
- Spectra demonstration (astronomy) - Various
light sources and holographic diffraction gratings for individual
viewing.
- Holographic diffraction grating for T.V. camera.
- Mounted display of internal parts of 2 lasers.
- Rainbow peephole - mounted crossed holographic
gratings.
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 Ray Optics Laser System (PASCO SE-8506)
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- 5 beam laser ray box with optical accessories
for reflection, refraction, lens and mirror properties, optical devices,
eye model, telescope, camera
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Inverse Square Law
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- Large & small pyramid model available
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Psychological Colours
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- Black & white patterned disc appears coloured when rotated.
- Lucite version for overhead projector
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Laser Optics Kit
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- Arbor Sci. adapters
for diffraction, polarization, fresnel,
special effects including spider web
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Holograms
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- Holly - walk past and see her throw you a kiss
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Michelson Interferometer
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- Setting up interference fringes
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Thin Film Interference - Pohl's Apparatus
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- Green laser, mercury lamp, mica sheet
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Laser Light Show
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- Basic nature of laser light
- Producing Lissajous
figures
- Seeing music
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Light Absorption and Beer's Law
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- Red and green lasers and fishbowls with blue coloured water
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Colour
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Optics in the Sky
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- Creating a rainbow with a water-filled glass
ball
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Refraction
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- Laser, fish bowl, small aquarium
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Wavelength Comparison
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- Red and green laser, fine mesh screen
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- Pira
resource directory for optics
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