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Geometrical Optics
L7-02: FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER - CHALKBOARD MODEL
Category:
L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose
:
Illustrate how a focal plane shutter works.
L6-91: ANAMORPHIC LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show application of anamorphic lenses to wide-screen movies.
L6-71: OPTICAL DISC
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a number of ray optics phenomena.
L6-56: FRESNEL SPOTLIGHT
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate how Fresnel lenses are used in theatre spotlights.
L6-55: FRESNEL FLASHLIGHT
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show an application of the Fresnel lens.
L6-54: OPTICALLY PROGRAMMED TRAFFIC SIGNAL - MODEL
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate the optics of an optically programmed traffic signal.
L6-53: FRESNEL LENS MAGNIFIER
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate magnification by a thin plastic Fresnel lens.
L6-52: FRESNEL LENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Allow individual experience with plastic Fresnel lenses.
L6-51: OPTICAL BOARD - FRESNEL LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate construction of a Fresnel lens.
M5-11: LASER DIFFRACTION - PIN POINT
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Diffraction of laser beam by a pin point.
M5-04: LASER DIFFRACTION - EXOTIC ARRAYS
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Show diffraction by arrays of complex figures.
M5-03: LASER DIFFRACTION - OPTICAL CRYSTALS
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Two dimensional diffraction patterns with crystal symmetries.
L6-43: DISTORTED PERSPECTIVE
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Distortion by a simple lens.
L6-42: DISTORTION AND CORRECTION
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate pincushion and barrel distortion and correction thereof.
L6-41: DISTORTED IMAGE - PINCUSHION AND BARREL
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Slightly more complicated but better way to show pincushion and barrel distortion.
L6-40: DISTORTION - PINCUSHION AND BARREL
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Fast and simple way to show pincushion and barrel distortion.
L6-39: DISTORTION - PINCUSHION AND BARREL WITH 2 IRISES
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show pincushion and barrel distortion.
L6-38: COMA
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate coma.
L6-37: ASTIGMATISM
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate off-axis astigmatism with a spherical lens.
L6-36: STRING MODEL - ASTIGMATISM
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate rays for on-axis astigmatism.
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