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Reading Quiz What is a “wave front”? a. a.The crest of the wave, repeated every b. b.The complex phase of a wave c. c.The first part of the wave to reach an object d. d.The reflection of a wave off of a surface e. e.The students at the football game who start “The Wave”

Credit: next several slides from Dr. Durfee Law of reflection illustrated

Snell’s Law illustrated

Reading Quiz What do we call the phenomena which makes fiber optics possible? a. a.Brewster’s Law b. b.Equivalence Theorem c. c.Fermat’s Principle d. d.Superluminal Energy Transport e. e.Total Internal Reflection

Demo Stokes computer demo: (5:00)

Total Internal Reflection TIR: the equation

Demos Blackboard optics TIR in water soluble oil Laser captured in stream of water Fiber Optics

Thought question If you have a -0.3 dB change, the final intensity is what fraction of the initial intensity? (You’ll need your calculator.) a. a.78% b. b.83% c. c.88% d. d.93% e. e.98% -0.3 dB  93.3% -0.2 dB  95.5% -0.1 dB  97.7%

Reading Quiz When we think of all the points on a wave front as little sources of secondary waves in order to calculate what the wave front will look like after propagating some distance, we are using the idea known as... a. a.the Equivalence theorem b. b.Huygen’s Principle c. c.Fermat’s Principle d. d.Newton’s first law of optics e. e.the Wavelet theorem

Huygen’s Principle Each wavefront serves as source of spherical waves HW 26-5 (extra credit): a. a.“Stare at the picture until you can visualize that the green lines tangent to the circles connect matching wavefronts.” b. b.Construct an accurate picture like this for a specific situation, show graphically that it gives you Snell’s law Image credit: Wikipedia

Huygen’s Principle, cont. A wave hits the two slits Each slit (infinitely narrow) becomes source of spherical waves The waves from those two sources interfere with each other Image credit: Wikipedia Double-slit_experiment

Spherical Waves Credit: the next few slides are from Dr. Durfee

Huygen’s Construction of a Spherical Wave

Huygen’s Construction of a Plane Wave