Lectures on Physics
has been derived from Benjamin Crowell's
Light and Matter
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Preface
Newtonian Physics
Conservation Laws
Vibration and Waves
Electricity
Optics
The Ray Model of Light
Images by Reflection
Refraction and Images
Wave Optics
Wave Optics
Diffraction
Scaling of Diffraction
The Correspondence Principle
Huygens’ Principle
Double-Slit Diffraction
Repetition
Single-Slit Diffraction
The Principle of Least Time
Examples
Double-slit diffraction of
blue and red light
The correspondence
principle
Spacing of the fringes at
small angles
Summary
Homework problems
Exercises
Modern Physics
Appendix
Last Update: 2011-03-23