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Fields of a very short laser pulse, pulse a fraction of wavelength.
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Is there a special term for refractive indices when 1 is subtracted?
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Experiments Involving Lasers and Optics
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Coloured light on complementary surface
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Passive Adiabatic Effect: Cold sky reflection on IR imagery.
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Understanding ray diagrams for concave lenses
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Determining the penetration levels of visible light
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Can active infrared recording produce original colors?
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How can I simulate PSF of incoherent light?
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Temporal and spatial changes to light when transiting different media
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What Causes Scattering in Optics and How Does it Apply to X-rays?
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Microwave photons, when do they become real?
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Does a Convex Lens Cause Eye Heat When Viewing a Light Source?
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Light travelling through glass.
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Experiment: Moving Photon Source - Questions & Answers
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Diffraction and intensity of fringes
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Methods to measure the speed of the light
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How does a battery-powered light bulb work?
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Index of refraction vs frequency
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How Can We See the Blue Light of Day *Only*?
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Green's function and scattering theory
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What are some different interactions where photons are released?
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Sound interference experiments
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Can a photon be emitted without a receiver?
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How do Radio Waves work when used for FM or AM Radio transmission?
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Photon Basics: Explaining to a 10-Year-Old
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Does the force of a single photon act in 1 dimension?
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How will the force of Light change with absorbtion/reflection?
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Polarization and Poincare circle.
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The role of refraction in vision
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The complex index of refraction of air
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Energy of light vs energy of photon
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Mirror Box & Daylight: What Happens?
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