The Eclecticon of Dr French

Waves & Optics

Mathematical anatomy of waves Reflection & refraction Diffraction Essentials Diffraction (more advanced) Standing waves Doppler effect EM waves, Fresnel equations & Polarisation Geometric optics eclipses & lenses Thin film interference

Instrument waveforms

Rubens Tube & cello

Double slit interference Fraunhofer diffraction Fresnel diffraction Huygen’s principle

MATLAB code

Soap film film

Ray optics simulations

Junior part waves demonstration circus Snell’s Law practical & Excel model Waves worksheet EM spectrum cards (just pictures)

Speed of light in coax

Speed of sound in air Perspex birefringence

Fibre optic data link

Laser diffraction

Rubens Tube & theremin

Doppler or Mach Excel

xls

Waveform analysis software

First created July 2012