Compute total internal reflection, Fresnel's law or the plate reflectance of a Fabry–Pérot interferometer.
Do a Fresnel's law computation:
Explore image reflection in a convex mirror:
Explore image reflection in a concave mirror:
Compute refractive indices, refractions using Snell's law or the position of rainbows.
Compute refractions using Snell's law:
Compute the refraction of light in a prism:
Do computations using the thin lens equation:
Calculate the height of a rainbow:
Compute diffraction patterns for a large range of diffraction obstacles, including single slits, double slits and more.
Compute a diffraction pattern for a single slit:
Compute a diffraction pattern for a circular aperture:
Explore the diffraction pattern and maxima for multiple slit diffraction:
Get information on different types of lasers and their properties. Examine their frequencies and colors.
Get information about a laser (or maser):
Compare multiple lasers:
Examine absorption lines, compute how water and ice absorb light and find the cutoff wavelengths for various chemicals.
Find a UV cutoff wavelength for a chemical:
Compute with the Beer–Lambert law:
Find the visible spectrum of different substances. Obtain initial and final atomic states for different lines.
Use the Rydberg formula to compute spectral lines:
Look up atomic spectra:
Compute field of view, f-stop, depth of field, focal length and more.
Do f-stop arithmetic:
Compute subject magnification: