Optics & Light
Optics & Light
12 simulations in Optics & Light. Open individual simulation pages for controls and guided notes.
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Snell's Law (Refraction) Light bending at material boundaries Total Internal Reflection Critical angle and trapped rays at refractive boundaries Thin Lens Simulation Ray tracing and image formation with thin lenses Mirror Reflection (Concave/Convex) Curved-mirror ray diagrams and image properties Prism Light Dispersion White light split by wavelength-dependent refraction Rayleigh Scattering Shorter wavelengths scatter more strongly in the atmosphere Brewster's Angle P-polarized reflection vanishes at a special incidence angle Fresnel Diffraction Near-field diffraction pattern from phase summation Chromatic Aberration Different wavelengths focus at different image distances Thin Film Interference Reflected color varies with film thickness and angle Optical Fiber Light Guide Guiding by total internal reflection in a core-cladding fiber Blackbody Radiation Planck's law & Wien's displacement