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Showing 8 experiments that use the Basic Optics Light Source.
Brewster's Angle
In this experiment you will explore how the intensity and polarization of light changes when reflected from the surface of a transparent medium, and then...
Focal Length of a Concave Mirror
Use a light source, concave mirror, and half-screen, all on an optics bench, to measure the focal length of the concave mirror.
Dispersion
You will observe dispersion through an acrylic rhomboid and calculate the different indices of refraction for different color light.
Refraction
Use Snell’s Law of refraction to experimentally determine the index of refraction of a D-shaped acrylic lens.
Reflection
Experimentally confirm the Law of Reflection for a flat, concave, and convex mirror.
Reflection
Experimentally confirm the Law of Reflection for flat, concave, and convex mirrors.
Refraction
Use Snell’s Law of refraction to experimentally determine the index of refraction of a D-shaped acrylic lens.
Light Intensity vs. Distance
The relative light intensity versus distance from a point light source is plotted and compared to theory.
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