Wave refraction in the manner of Huyg...
The intensity pattern formed on a scr...
Thomas Young's sketch of two-slit dif...
Double-slit diffraction and interfere...
Illustration of double slit diffraction
Location of bright bringes in double ...
Condition of constructive interferenc...
Diagram of two slit diffraction probl...
Sketch of the layout of a typical opt...
The wavefronts resulting from two pin...
2-slit and 5-slit diffraction of red ...
Conditions for maxima with diffractio...
Diffraction grating spectrometer
Interference of two circular waves - ...
Two waves in phase vs. two waves out ...
A simple ripple tank
Close-up of the oscillating paddle fo...
Image of plane waves.
Demonstration of reflection in a ripp...
Straight reflection in a ripple tank
Reflecting from a curved barrier in a...
Curved reflection in a ripple tank
Refraction in a ripple tank
Ripple tank refraction
A small wooden block was placed in a ...
Diffraction in a ripple tank
Single slit diffraction ripple tank
Interference pattern of spherical wav...
Newton's rings
Laue and Bragg geometries, top and bo...
Reflectivities for Laue and Bragg geo...
A very large reflecting diffraction g...
Flashlight bulb seen through a transm...
Échelle Spectrometer: The first stand...
The grooves of a compact disc can act...
On the Calculation of Fraunhofer Regi...
An example of an optical setup that d...
Diffraction geometry, showing apertur...
A computer-generated image of an Airy...
Single slit diffraction, condition of...
Single slit diffraction illustration
Stylized illustration of single slit ...
Fringe pattern in single slit diffrac...
Illustration to assist in conceptuali...
Microscope illustration for diffracti...
Numerical approximation of diffractio...
Graph and image of single-slit diffra...
The Airy disc around each of the star...
Airy discs for miscroscope diffractio...
Airy Function
Diffraction from a circular aperture....
Diffraction from an aperture with a l...
Image formation in a confocal microsc...
Square Post Function
Truncation of Spherical Wave by Lens
Picture of Schaefer-Bergmann diffract...
Thin film interference in a soap bubb...
A ray of light hits the surface at po...
In this diagram we look at two rays o...
This is similar to the diagram above ...
Thin film interference, condition of ...
Thin film interference illustration
Thin film inteference illustration fo...
Illustration regarding phase changes ...
Illustration for air wedge problem
Air wedge inteference illustration
Michelson inteferometer
Schematic representation of a beam sp...
A Michelson interferometer for use on...
A Michelson interferometer.
Interference pattern produced with a ...
Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Paradoxal use of Mach-Zehnder interfe...
Schematic representation of a Sagnac ...
Highly schematic representation of th...
Animation - Sagnac effect - The red a...
A Fabry-Pérot etalon. Light enters th...
The transmission of an etalon as a fu...
Finesse as a function of reflectivity...
Diagram of a Fabry-Perot interferomet...
A picture of the solar corona taken w...
A simple two-element optical interfer...
A single large telescope with an aper...
Polarization of light.
Unpolarized light
Polarized light
Brewster's angle
Illustration of Brewster's angle
Illustration for polarization problem
Crossed polarimeters
The two orthogonal (perpendicular) co...
The two orthogonal components have ex...
Two components are not in phase and e...
Polarization elllipse
Poincare sphere
Paths taken by vectors in the Poincar...
A calcite crystal laid upon a paper w...
A half-wave plate. Linearly polarized...
A wire-grid polarizer converts an unp...
An illustration of the polarization o...
Reflection of a plane wave from a sur...
A stack of plates at Brewster's angle...
Photographs taken of mudflats with a ...
The effects of a polarizing filter on...
A Nicol prism
A Wollaston prism
Thin film polarizer used to attenuate...
In engineering, the relationship betw...
Faraday effect
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