Physics Demonstration II
| Course Purpose |
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| Lectures will be given in order starting with the basics, while performing many demonstration experiments to help understand the basic concepts and principles of optics and electromagnetism, and the nature of the phenomena to which they relate. The related applications will be introduced through experiments as much as possible. Contents include geometric optics (reflection, refraction), wave optics (interference, diffraction), electromagnetism and light (basics of Maxwell's equations, light velocity, polarization, dispersion), and so on. |
| Learning Goals |
| The goal is to be able to correctly understand concepts and logical relationships concerning the basics of optics and electromagnetism, and to qualitatively predict experimental results, without relying on complicated mathematical treatments as much as possible. Exploring light as a light ray, light as a wave phenomenon, and light as an electromagnetic wave through observations and experiments, students systematically understand and acquire common basic concepts and rules. |
| Topic | |
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| Session 1 | 1. Introduction ・ History of light research 2. Light as a ray (1) ・ Measurement of speed of light, GPS, LiDAR |
| Session 2 | 2. Light as a ray (2) ・ Fermat's minimum time principle ・ Straightness of light ・ The law of reflection |
| Session 3 | 2. Light as a ray (3) ・Concave mirror ・Mirage ・Law of refraction |
| Session 4 | 2. Light as a ray (4) ・Total internal reflection, optical fiber ・Prism ・Lens |
| Session 5 | 2. Light as a ray (5) ・ Mechanism of magnifying glass, telescope, microscope, camera works |
| Session 6 | 3. Light as a wave (1) (Wave phenomenon of light) ・ Expression of waves ・ 2 Luminous flux interference |
| Session 7 | 3. Light as a wave (2) (wave phenomenon of light) ・Interference with equal inclination angle, interference with equal thickness ・Interference with optical disk |
| Session 8 | 3. Light as a wave (3) (Wave phenomenon of light) ・Multi-beam interference, diffraction grating |
| Session 9 | 3. Light as a wave (4) (wave phenomenon of light) ・Diffraction integral ・Fraunhofer diffraction using a rectangular aperture ・Fraunhofer diffraction using a circular aperture ・Babinet's principle |
| Session 10 | 3. Light as a wave (5) (Wave phenomenon of light) ・Diffraction glasses ・Fraunhofer diffraction using multiple apertures ・Fresnel diffraction |
| Session 11 | 3. Light as waves (6) (wave phenomenon of light) ・Spectrum ・Color, color vision, and color mixing |
| Session 12 | 4. Light as electromagnetic waves (1) ・Basics of electromagnetism ・Polarization motion and dispersion ・Rainbow |
| Session 13 | 4. Light as an electromagnetic wave (2) ・ Polarization ・Birefringence |
| Session 14 | 4. Light as electromagnetic waves (3) ・Brewster angle |