Part V: Waves and Optics
 
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# Lessons Simulations
10: Waves
10.1 Properties of Mechanical Waves (1)
Mechanical Waves
10.2 Speed of Waves on a String (1)
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
10.3 Speed of Sound in a Gas (1)
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
10.4 Standing Waves on Strings (2)
  • Estimation Video: Standing Waves
  • Sound Video: Harmonic
  • String Oscillations
    Standing Wave Lengths
    10.5 Tuning a Stringed Instrument: Standing Waves (1)
    String Oscillations
    10.6 String Mass and Standing Waves (1)
    String Oscillations
    10.7 Beats and Beat Frequency (2)
  • Sound Video: Beats 1
  • Sound Video: Beats 2
  • Sound Video: Vowels e and o
  • Sound Video: Beats 3
  • Beats
    Beats: Question 2
    10.8 Doppler Effect: Conceptual Introduction (1)
    Doppler Effect
    10.9 Doppler Effect: Problems (1)
    Doppler Effect
    10.10 Complex Waves: Fourier Analysis (2)
  • Sound Video: Harmonics
  • Fourier Analysis
    Other Waves
    15: Geometric Optics
    15.1 Reflection and Refraction (1)
    Reflection and Refraction
    15.2 Total Internal Reflection (1)
    Reflection and Refraction
    15.3 Refraction Applications (1)
    Reflection and Refraction
    15.4 Plane Mirrors (1)
    The Plane Mirror
    15.5 Spherical Mirrors: Ray Diagrams (1)
    The Spherical Mirror
    15.6 Spherical Mirrors: Mirror Equation (1)
    The Spherical Mirror
    15.7 Spherical Mirrors: Linear Magnification (1)
    The Spherical Mirror
    15.8 Spherical Mirrors: Problems (1)
    The Spherical Mirror
    15.9 Thin Lens Ray Diagrams (1)
    The Lens
    15.10 Converging Thin Lenses (1)
    The Lens
    15.11 Diverging Thin Lenses (1)
    The Lens
    15.12 Two-Lens Systems (1)
    Two Lenses
    16: Physical Optics
    16.1 Two-Source Interference: Introduction (1)
    Two-Sources Interference
    16.2 Two-Source Interference: Qualitative Questions (1)
    Two-Sources Interference
    16.3 Two-Source Interference: Problems (1)
    Two-Sources Interference
    16.4 The Grating: Introduction and Qualitative Questions (1)
    Diffraction Grating
    16.5 The Grating: Problems (1)
    Diffraction Grating
    16.6 Single-Slit Diffraction (1)
    Fraunhofer's Diffraction
    16.7 Circular Hole Diffraction (1)
    Fraunhofer's Diffraction
    16.8 Resolving Power (1)
    Circular Apertures and Resolving Power
    16.9 Polarization (1)
    Polarizer
    17.5 Electron Interference (1)
    Electronic Interference Pattern
    18.2 Spectroscopy (1)
    Spectroscopy




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