Physics for beginners/08-light

Each subpage is devoted to a chapter of Matthew Raspanti's original work. Click the image of the pdf file shown to the right to read the chapter.

$This is how white light gets refracted by a prism.$

This is how white light gets refracted by a prism.
$Red light diffracted by two slits (top) and by five slits (bottom)$

Red light diffracted by two slits (top) and by five slits (bottom)
$Diffraction by a small circular hole$

Diffraction by a small circular hole
$Computer simulation of diffraction by a rectangle. Remarkably, the height of the rectanglular hole is greater than its width.$

Computer simulation of diffraction by a rectangle. Remarkably, the height of the rectanglular hole is greater than its width.

Each subpage is devoted to a chapter of Matthew Raspanti's original work. Click the image of the pdf file shown to the right to read the chapter.

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