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Chapter 24Lectures 20–22
Interference, Diffraction & Light
Wave optics: Huygens’ principle, thin-film colors, Young’s double slit, single-slit diffraction, gratings and spectra, and the rainbows, haloes and glories of the atmosphere.
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24.1
Huygens' Principle
Wavelets build next wavefront
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24.2Thin Film Interference
Oil slick — adjust thickness
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24.3Young's Double-Slit
Adjust λ, d, L — see fringes
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24.4Single-Slit Diffraction
Adjust width, see central max
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24.5Diffraction Gratings
White light → spectrum
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24.6Atmospheric Optics
Rainbow, haloes, coronae, glories
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