18 - Wave Theory of Light

Update: 2011-04-06

Description

Young's double slit experiment shows clearly that light is a wave. (In order to observe the wave behavior of light, the slit size and separation should be comparable or smaller than the wavelength of light.) Interference is described using real and complex numbers (in anticipation of quantum mechanics). Grating and crystal diffraction are analyzed.

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22 - Quantum Mechanics IV: Measurement Theory, states of definite energy

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21 - Quantum Mechanics III

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20 - Quantum Mechanics II

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19 - Quantum Mechanics I: Key Experiments and Wave-particle duality

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18 - Wave Theory of Light

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17 - Ray or geometrical optics II

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16 - Ray or geometrical optics I

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15 - Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves II

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25 - Quantum Mechanics VII: Summary of postulates and special topics

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13 - LCR Circuits - AC Voltage

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14 - Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves I

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24 - Quantum Mechanics VI: Time-dependent Schrödinger Equation

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23 - Quantum Mechanics V: Particle in a Box

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07 - Resistance

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08 - Circuits and Magnetism I

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12 - LCR Circuits - DC Voltage

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11 - Lenz's and Faraday's Laws

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05 - The Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy

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06 - Capacitors

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04 - Gauss's Law and Application to Conductors and Insulators

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18 - Wave Theory of Light

Ramamurti Shankar

18 - Wave Theory of Light