Wave Nature of LightThe Big Ideas included in the Ontario Curriculum about the Wave Nature of Light are:
By the end of this section, students will
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Current TopicWe are currently studying the Wave Nature of Light
ScheduleIt is expected you will have read the relevant sections of the text book prior to class. Chapters 9 and 10 support our learning for this topic.
AssignmentsHomework:
Week 10: Chapter 9 Sections (ongoing); Chapter 9 Review (pages 494-497) 45, 47, 53, 65, 66, 70, 74, 81, 82; Week 11: Chapter 10 Sections (ongoing); Chapter 10 Review 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 59, 63, 70, 72, 75 Formal Labs: Young's Double Slit & Single Slit Interference (completed) Test: Unit 4 (December 12) |
Of interest, check out the PhET Interactive Simulations for Water (click "run now" for it to begin). Be sure to change the number of sources, frequency, amplitude, barriers, etc. and have a look at the graphs produced. Once you have tried it out play with light.
Video experiment of air wedge to determine the thickness of a hair: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FdsgepDD0
Learn more about Surface Plasmons from Tonya S. Coffey North Carolina State University; and polaritons from Quantum Light University of Sheffield
A great clip by Declan Fleming about enantiomers and the optical activity of various sugars.
Video experiment of air wedge to determine the thickness of a hair: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FdsgepDD0
Learn more about Surface Plasmons from Tonya S. Coffey North Carolina State University; and polaritons from Quantum Light University of Sheffield
A great clip by Declan Fleming about enantiomers and the optical activity of various sugars.