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ISBN 1-928550-06-1
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Optics Phenomena

Helmut F. Mikelskis
University of Potsdam

If you are searching for a comprehensive optics package to brighten up your lessen plan, look no further than Optics Phenomena. This Windows-based program is a workhorse in the classroom, pulling double duty as either a demonstration tool or a robust lab project. It introduces students to the fundamentals of geometric optics, demonstrating the basic properties of mirors, lenses, reflection, and refraction. It also delves into the science of wave optics, exploring the concepts of dispersion and interference.

Optics Phenomena avoids the confusion engendered by overly simplistic models that blur the lines between real and idealistic experimentation by presenting observable phenomena in a series of seventeen modules that each examine a single topic. Modules include diffuse reflections; plane mirrors; mirror images; reflection by concave, convex, and parabolic mirrors; corner reflectors; image formation; diverging and converging lenses; dispersion by a prism; two-lens systems; the eye; Huygen's principle; and interference of circular waves. In many scenarios, the light beams behave like laser beams and take into account the physical shapes of surfaces, modeling real-life aberrations in lenses and mirrors.

Optics Phenomena is ideal for introductory and college-level physics students who need to develop a solid understanding of optics concepts. The manual includes a variety of exercises that will help users achieve their goals in a variety of forums, be it classroom, a lab setting, or even a tutoring arrangement. And the program will be most successful when integrated into a course where theory, computer simulations, and real-life experiments with mirros, lenses, and prisms join forces to enhance the learning process. 39 pp.

Windows
ISBN 1-928550-06-1

Single copy $100.00
High School Site License $250.00
10-copy lab pack $400.00

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Diffuse Reflections
Reflection by Plane Mirrors
Concept of Mirror Images
Reflection by Corner Reflectors
Reflection by Convex Mirrors
Reflection by Concave Mirrors
Reflection by Parabolic Mirrors
Image Formation in Mirrors
Refraction on Plane Surfaces
Dispersion by a Prism
Refraction by Lenses
Image Formation by Diverging Lenses
Image Formation by Converging Lenses
Image Formation in Two-Lens Systems
The Eye
Huygen's Principle
Interference of Circular Waves
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