Experiments with the Advanced Optics Systems This manual includes detailed instructions for 13 experiments that can be performed with the various PASCO optics systems.Of course,considering the variety of the components,it is not possible to present all the possible experiments.A more complete list of possible experiments is provided in Table 6. Table 6:Systems and Experiments System Experiments 1.Reflection: angle of incidence angle of reflection reflection from media interfaces (air,mirror,glass,acrylic) 、 reflection,transmission,and absorption coefficients. 2.Refraction: 、 Snell's Law Indices of refraction (air,mirror,glass,acrylic) 、 Critical angle Prisms:(dispersion,angle of minimum deviation). 3.Thin-lens Optics: focal points image formation and magnification spherical aberration,coma,and astigmatism,depth of field,Foucault knife test. 4.Interference from Multiple Reflections. 5.Polarization I: diachronic polarizers 苏 Brewster's angle. 6.Wave Nature of Light: ejelpewJeju Young's experiment 、 Spatial coherence. 7.Diffraction: from single and multiple slits airy disk resolution limit of lenses Fresnel zone plates diffraction gratings (transmission and reflection types). 8.The Laser: laser theory 、 laser beam characteristics 、 spatial filtering beam spreader. 9.Polarization II: retardation plates by scattering circular polarization 10.Holography(transmission type). 11.Optical Activity 12.Scattering: Ravleigh diffraction. 13.Interferometry: Michelson Fabry-Perot Twyman-Green indices of refraction in gases 2222 Experiments with the Advanced Optics Systems This manual includes detailed instructions for 13 experiments that can be performed with the various PASCO optics systems. Of course, considering the variety of the components, it is not possible to present all the possible experiments. A more complete list of possible experiments is provided in Table 6. Table 6: Systems and Experiments System Experiments Complete System Advanced System Intermediate System 1. Reflection: - angle of incidence = angle of reflection - reflection from media interfaces (air, mirror, glass, acrylic) - reflection, transmission, and absorption coefficients. 2. Refraction: - Snell's Law - Indices of refraction (air, mirror, glass, acrylic) - Critical angle - Prisms: (dispersion, angle of minimum deviation). 3. Thin-lens Optics: - focal points - image formation and magnification - spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, depth of field, Foucault knife test. 4. Interference from Multiple Reflections. 5. Polarization Ⅰ: - diachronic polarizers - Brewster's angle. 6. Wave Nature of Light: - Young's experiment - Spatial coherence. 7. Diffraction: - from single and multiple slits - airy disk - resolution limit of lenses - Fresnel zone plates - diffraction gratings (transmission and reflection types). 8. The Laser: - laser theory - laser beam characteristics - spatial filtering - beam spreader. 9. Polarization Ⅱ: - retardation plates - by scattering - circular polarization 10. Holography (transmission type). 11. Optical Activity 12. Scattering: - Rayleigh - diffraction. 13. Interferometry: - Michelson - Fabry-Perot - Twyman-Green - indices of refraction in gases