Reflection

Reflection - Basic concepts

• Light - Scattering
• Light - General aspects
• Light - Velocity - Determination - Michelson’s method
• Reflection - Laws

Reflection - Plane Mirror

• Reflection - Images - Real and virtual
• Reflection - Plane mirror - Image
• Reflection - Plane mirror - Applications

Reflection - Concave mirror

• Reflection - Concave mirror - Terminologies
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Focal length & radius of curvature
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Sign convention
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Formula
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Object at infinity
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Object beyond C
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Object at C
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Object between F and C
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Object at F
• Reflection - Concave mirror - Object between P and F

Reflection - Convex mirror

• Reflection - Convex mirror - Image
• Reflection - Convex mirror - Formula
• Reflection - Spherical mirrors - Applications

Refraction - Basic concepts

Refraction

• Refraction - Light
• Refraction - Laws

Refraction - Refractive index

• Refraction - Refractive index - Absolute
• Refraction - Refractive index - Relative

Refraction - Plane surfaces

• Refraction - Glass slab
• Refraction - Lateral shift
• Refraction - Multiple media
• Refraction - Normal shift

Refraction - Total internal reflection

• Refraction - Total internal reflection - Critical angle
• Refraction - Critical angle and refractive index - Relation
• Refraction - Total internal reflection - Application

Refraction - Lenses

• Refraction - Lenses- Terminologies
• Refraction - Lenses - Lens maker’s formula
• Refraction - Lens - Convex - Image formation
• Refraction - Lens - Concave - Image formation
• Refraction - Lens - Magnification
• Refraction - Lens - Power
• Refraction - Lens - Congugate focii
• Refraction - Lenses - Combination

Refraction - Lens - Defects

• Refraction - Lens - Aberration - Spherical
• Refraction - Lens - Aberration - Chromatic

Refraction - Prism

• Refraction - Prism - Introduction
• Refraction - Prism - Refractive index
• Refraction - Prism - Minimum deviation
• Refraction - Prism - Dispersion
• Refraction - Prism - Dispersive power
• Refraction - Prism - Deviation due to a thin prism
• Refraction - Prism - Spectrum - Pure and impure
• Refraction - Achromatism

Eye - Defects

• Eye - Defects - Long Sight (Hypermetropia) & Short sight (Myopia)

Optical instruments

Optical instruments - Microscope Optical instruments - Microscope - Simple Optical instruments - Microscope - Compound Optical instruments - Telescope Optical instruments - Telescope - Terrestrial Optical instruments - Telescope - Astronomical Optical instruments - Telescope - Newton’s reflecting Optical instruments - Telescope - Galileo’s Optical instruments - Spectrometer Optical instruments - Eyepiece Optical instruments - Eyepiece - Huygen’s Optical instruments - Eyepiece - Ramsden

Photometry

Photometry - Luminous flux and luminous intensity

• Photometry - Luminous flux and luminous intensity - Relationship

Photometry - Luminous intensity - Lambert’s cosine rule

• Photometry - Luminous intensity - Inverse square law

Photometry - Luminous intensity - Photometer

• Photometry - Photometer - Bunsen’s grease spot

Light - Nature

Light - Theories

• Light - Theories - Newton’s corpuscular
• Light - Theories - Huygens’ wave
• Light - Theories - Maxwell’s electromagnetic
• Light - Theories - Planck’s quantum

Interference

Interference - Fundamentals

• Interference - Theory

Interference - Condition

• Interference - Bands - Dark and bright
• Interference - Intensities - Maxima and minima
• Interference - Sustained - Condition

Interference - Young’s double slit experiment

• Interference - Fringe width

Coherent Sources

• Coherent Sources - Laser
• Coherent Sources - Fresnel’s biprism
• Coherent Sources - Lloyd’s mirror

Interference - Thin films

• Interference - Thin films - Colors

Diffraction

Diffraction - Types

• Diffraction - Fresnel
• Diffraction - Fraunhofer

Diffraction - Application

• Diffraction grating
• Diffraction grating - Applications
• Diffraction - Application - Resolving power - Telescope
• Diffraction - Application - Resolving power - Microscope
• Diffraction - Application - Resolving power - Grating

Polarization

Polarized light

• Polarized Light - Detection
• Polarization - Laws of Malus

Polarization - Methods

• Polarization - Methods - Reflection
• Polarization - Methods - Reflection - Brewster’s law
• Polarization - Methods - Refraction
• Polarization - Methods - Double refraction
• Polarization - Methods - Absorption
• Polarization - Prism - Nicol

Polarization - Applications

• Polarization - Optical activity
• Polarization - Optical activity - Polarimeter
• Polarization - Polaroid
• Polarization - Polaroid - Applications