Light

This pathway explores the properties of light. Light is described as a wave which is able to reflect, refract, and diffract when it encounters surfaces. Applications of light's wave properties such as single and double slit diffraction are discussed, as well as how different colors occur as combinations of different frequencies of light. Problems are provided to check for understanding.

Topics

• Snell
• Snell's law
• Huygen's principal
• light
• reflection
• refraction
• diffraction
• interference
• constructive interference
• destructive interference
• wave
• ray