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Undergrad How does a prism affect wavelength?

Apr 12, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 14, 2011

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Graduate Is an Oil Distribution System Necessary for Optimal Oil Immersion Microscopy?

Apr 13, 2011 · Replies 4 · Apr 14, 2011

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Graduate Calculating Relative Phase of Reflected Plane Waves in Lossless Materials

Apr 12, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 13, 2011

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Undergrad Explanation of light refraction

Apr 12, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 13, 2011

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Undergrad Glass as Mirror: Reflection of Light | Online Community Discussion

Apr 10, 2011 · Replies 11 · Apr 12, 2011

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Undergrad Question about filtering out the blue wavelength from lights

Apr 6, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 12, 2011

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Undergrad Sending Laser Light out of fiber optic in all directions

Apr 12, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 12, 2011

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Undergrad Photoelectric Effect: Wave or Particle?

Apr 10, 2011 · Replies 7 · Apr 12, 2011

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Undergrad Optical Properties of Materials presentation

Apr 11, 2011 · Replies 3 · Apr 12, 2011

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Graduate Why don't metals polarize light on reflection

Apr 11, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 11, 2011

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Undergrad Questions about superposition of two antennas

Apr 1, 2011 · Replies 31 · Apr 11, 2011

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Undergrad Microwaving Marshmallows and c

Apr 8, 2011 · Replies 20 · Apr 11, 2011

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Undergrad Can anyone explain Fresnels equations to me ?

Apr 10, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 10, 2011

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Undergrad Diffraction of x-rays by crystals

Apr 8, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 10, 2011

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Undergrad Multi Lens/Mirror problems and virtual real images

Apr 9, 2011 · Replies 3 · Apr 10, 2011

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High School Solving Light Bulb Interference Issues

Apr 8, 2011 · Replies 11 · Apr 9, 2011

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Graduate Ionization of air with a laser

Sep 2, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 9, 2011

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Graduate Rayleigh Scattering: Modeling Light Intensity in Fluids

Apr 8, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 9, 2011

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Undergrad Can Disappearing Spray Paint Solve Laser Scanning Issues on Shiny Headlights?

Apr 8, 2011 · Replies 6 · Apr 9, 2011

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High School How is white light made up of all the colours in visible light?

Apr 8, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 8, 2011

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High School Logical Specs: Why Numbers are Blurry in Rear-View Mirrors

Apr 7, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 7, 2011

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Undergrad Is it possible to permanently demagnitize metal?

Apr 7, 2011 · Replies 4 · Apr 7, 2011

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Graduate Diffraction of Light: Explaining Interference & Huygens' Principle

Apr 4, 2011 · Replies 22 · Apr 7, 2011

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High School What Causes the Color of the Sky and the Behavior of Light?

Apr 5, 2011 · Replies 11 · Apr 7, 2011

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Undergrad If two wave of different amplitudes superpose at a point, would each

Apr 6, 2011 · Replies 3 · Apr 7, 2011

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Undergrad Is There a Disagreement on Wave Reflection in Different Sources?

Apr 6, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2011

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Undergrad Pinhole Projector: How Many Photons, How Small a Hole for Shape?

Apr 6, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2011

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High School One-Way Mirror Ball: Can it Collect Light?

Nov 26, 2009 · Replies 22 · Apr 6, 2011

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Graduate Finding the circle of least confusion for a multi-element optical system

Apr 6, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2011

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High School Can Pulsing White Light Reveal Its Component Colors?

Apr 5, 2011 · Replies 3 · Apr 5, 2011

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Graduate Polarization of Photon after Compton Scattering

Apr 1, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 5, 2011

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Graduate 3 Thought Experiments on Light: No Photons or Waves

Apr 4, 2011 · Replies 3 · Apr 4, 2011

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Graduate Doppler Effect: can light waves have different effects, depending on your speed?

Apr 4, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 4, 2011

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Graduate Can a magnetic flux travel through space without an electric component?

Apr 1, 2011 · Replies 10 · Apr 4, 2011

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Undergrad Identifying Virtual Objects: An Overview

Apr 3, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 4, 2011

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Graduate Laser Incident to Surface Perpendicularly

Mar 31, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 3, 2011

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Undergrad Real Image in a Concave Mirror: Virtual Object Analysis

Apr 3, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 3, 2011

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Undergrad Huygens' Principle Explains Light Traveling in a Line

Apr 3, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 3, 2011

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Undergrad Diffraction is an evidence that light is wave

Apr 3, 2011 · Replies 2 · Apr 3, 2011

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Undergrad Linear Polarization: Active or Passive Element?

Apr 3, 2011 · Replies 3 · Apr 3, 2011

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High School Increasing Laser Tag Gun Range with Convex Lenses?

Apr 2, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 2, 2011

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High School Voltmeter to Measure Light Intensity

Apr 2, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 2, 2011

Replies: 1

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Undergrad Radio frequency creating light

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 7 · Apr 1, 2011

Replies: 7

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Graduate As the universe is expanding light from further away it goes towards

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 21 · Apr 1, 2011

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Undergrad Refraction of light and wavelength

Mar 31, 2011 · Replies 1 · Apr 1, 2011

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Graduate How does refraction really work

Mar 30, 2011 · Replies 5 · Apr 1, 2011

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Undergrad What Is a Hyperbolic Structure in Conic Sections?

Mar 30, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 31, 2011

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Graduate Polarization by half-silvered mirror?

Mar 30, 2011 · Replies 2 · Mar 31, 2011

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Undergrad Michelson Interferometer, circle fringes

Mar 30, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 30, 2011

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Undergrad Trouble understanding ray optics

Mar 29, 2011 · Replies 2 · Mar 30, 2011

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Undergrad Question about how brightness changes over a distance

Mar 29, 2011 · Replies 8 · Mar 30, 2011

Replies: 8

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High School If Oxygen is flammable why dont we blow up while we were using a cigar lighter

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 32 · Mar 30, 2011

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High School Lightning Rod Tip Radii: Why So Small?

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 5 · Mar 30, 2011

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Undergrad Sodium street lamps and the light they emit

Mar 29, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 29, 2011

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High School Is There a Connection Between Light and Atoms?

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 2 · Mar 29, 2011

Replies: 2

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What Causes the Strange Effect on this Exit Sign?

Mar 29, 2011 · Replies 8 · Mar 29, 2011

Replies: 8

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Graduate De borgie relation and photon energy

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 4 · Mar 29, 2011

Replies: 4

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Undergrad Does light travel at the speed of light?

Mar 28, 2011 · Replies 6 · Mar 29, 2011

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Why light bends when it enters a different medium

Mar 27, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 27, 2011

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High School Project light visibly on glass to create images?

Mar 26, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 26, 2011

Replies: 3

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High School Question on a diffractive property of light

Mar 25, 2011 · Replies 8 · Mar 26, 2011

Replies: 8

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Undergrad Laser refraction through curved surface and water

Mar 19, 2011 · Replies 5 · Mar 26, 2011

Replies: 5

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Undergrad Conservation of energy and light

Mar 21, 2011 · Replies 8 · Mar 25, 2011

Replies: 8

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Undergrad How can I build an optics bench for a science exhibit?

Mar 24, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 25, 2011

Replies: 1

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High School What is the Difference Between Diffraction and Interference?

Mar 24, 2011 · Replies 6 · Mar 25, 2011

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Hi,I want to ask how can i refract or reflect radio wave

Mar 20, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 25, 2011

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Graduate Information transmitted faster than light?

Mar 20, 2011 · Replies 30 · Mar 24, 2011

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Graduate How Does the Jones Matrix Explain Light Polarization with Quarter Wave Plates?

Mar 23, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 24, 2011

Replies: 3

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Undergrad The Longest Focal Length for Lenses & Mirrors

Mar 23, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 23, 2011

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Graduate Diffraction and phase difference

Mar 22, 2011 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2011

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High School [Optics] Starting a fire with a magnifying glass

Mar 21, 2011 · Replies 10 · Mar 22, 2011

Replies: 10

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Graduate Negative Energy Solutions to Photon Wavefunction

May 16, 2009 · Replies 6 · Mar 22, 2011

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Undergrad Understanding Wood's Anomaly in Optics

Jan 9, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 22, 2011

Replies: 2

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Graduate Is the speed of light always constant, even in non-vacuum environments?

Mar 21, 2011 · Replies 5 · Mar 22, 2011

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Undergrad How is the speed of light constant?

Mar 21, 2011 · Replies 2 · Mar 21, 2011

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Graduate Uncertainty in the mesurements of a meter and the speed of light

Mar 19, 2011 · Replies 7 · Mar 20, 2011

Replies: 7

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Undergrad Hyperfocal distance v. far-field

Mar 19, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 19, 2011

Replies: 1

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Graduate The nature of radio waves Question.

Mar 18, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 18, 2011

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Graduate What Are the Implications of Light's Speed on Perception and Knowledge?

Mar 18, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 18, 2011

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Graduate Is the Huygens principle incomplete when applied to real waves?

May 24, 2008 · Replies 6 · Mar 17, 2011

Replies: 6

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Graduate An Alternative Model of the Double Slit Interference Experiment

Nov 20, 2007 · Replies 24 · Mar 17, 2011

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Undergrad Optical Spectrum Analyzers - Confused on Units

Mar 15, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 16, 2011

Replies: 3

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Undergrad Creative Optics Experiment Ideas for First-Year Physics Students

Mar 16, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 16, 2011

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High School DIY Strobe Light with Adjustable Frequency: Troubleshooting Tips

Mar 15, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 15, 2011

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Undergrad Speed of light through a medium

Mar 14, 2011 · Replies 4 · Mar 15, 2011

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Graduate Spinning Light: How Does it Work With No Mass?

Mar 14, 2011 · Replies 10 · Mar 15, 2011

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High School What is the difference between bandwidth and wavebands?

Mar 14, 2011 · Replies 5 · Mar 14, 2011

Replies: 5

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High School Why Does Light Reflect? - Unraveling the Mystery

Aug 12, 2007 · Replies 5 · Mar 14, 2011

Replies: 5

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Undergrad Intensity with distance of LED

Mar 10, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 12, 2011

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Graduate Increase Laser Power out of fiber optic

Mar 10, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 12, 2011

Replies: 3

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Undergrad Optimizing Laser Beam Expansion for Long-Distance Scanning Applications

Feb 22, 2011 · Replies 6 · Mar 11, 2011

Replies: 6

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Graduate Understanding Optical Tunneling

Mar 11, 2011 · Replies 2 · Mar 11, 2011

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Undergrad What's the Flight Distance of Identical Objects with Different Masses?

Mar 9, 2011 · Replies 13 · Mar 11, 2011

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Undergrad Cast Focused Shadow: Solutions and Tips

Mar 10, 2011 · Replies 3 · Mar 11, 2011

Replies: 3

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Undergrad Physics of Microwaves: Find Out Why Glass Gets Hot

Mar 4, 2011 · Replies 6 · Mar 9, 2011

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Light vs Radio attenuation in water

Mar 8, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 9, 2011

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High School Which color reflect UV light best?

Mar 7, 2011 · Replies 5 · Mar 8, 2011

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Graduate Mie/Rayleigh Phase Function Differences

Mar 7, 2011 · Replies 6 · Mar 8, 2011

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Undergrad What is the difference between ?

Mar 3, 2011 · Replies 4 · Mar 6, 2011

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High School Where Does Electromagnetic Energy Go?

Mar 5, 2011 · Replies 1 · Mar 5, 2011

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