Geometrical Optics
N1-44: OPTICAL BOARD - RAINBOW
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates internal reflection and dispersion of light
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Shows that focal properties of a lens depend on the medium in which the lens is located
L5-23 FIBER OPTICS TREE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-14: LASER AND PLEXIGLASS TUBE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-12 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-11 LASER WATERFALL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection of a laser beam in a water jet
L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what wesee in a fluid bath
L4-23 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a medium with a continually varying index of refraction
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates refraction. Shows displacement of rays in a uniform slab of glass
L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates images from concave and convex mirrors
L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Classic illusion of penny levitating above a pair of parabolic concave mirrors
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows types of images from a concave mirror
L3-03 LARGE CONVEX MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows the image from a convex mirror
L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Plane-mirror magic trick
L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Investigation of the nature of images from a plane mirror
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L1-01: ARC LAMP - PROJECTION OF ARC
Direct projection of side view of the arc of a carbon arc lamp Read More
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L1-02: TUNGSTEN-HALOGEN LAMP - PROJECTION OF LAMP
View an operating tungsten-halogen lamp Read More
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L1-03: LIGHT BULB WITHOUT VACUUM
Show what happens to a lighted filament in the presence of air Read More
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L1-04: POINT SOURCE - FLASHLIGHT BULB
Demonstrate optical characteristics of a "point source" Read More
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L1-05: PERSISTENCE OF A FILAMENT
Demonstrate that high-frequency AC looks like DC Read More
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L1-11: INVERSE SQUARE LAW - LIGHT BULB AND RADIOMETER
Demonstrate that light obeys the inverse square law Read More
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L1-12: INVERSE SQUARE LAW - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR AND TWO-METER STICK
Show that light obeys the inverse square law Read More
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L1-21: PINHOLE IMAGE - GROUND GLASS SCREEN
View individually a pinhole "image" Read More
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L1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PINHOLE CAMERA
Demonstrate how a pinhole "image" is formed Read More
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L1-23: PINHOLE VIDEO CAMERA
Produce video images with a pinhole camera Read More
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L1-31: LASER LIGHT CAVITY
Demonstrate how a laser cavity works Read More
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L1-32: VISIBLE LASER
Show what the inside of a laser looks like, and to show that the laser removes lots of spectral components… Read More
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L1-33: LASER BEAM EXPANDERS
Expand a laser beam to uniform 10mm or 40mm diameter Read More
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