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Exploratorium: Optical Illusions
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This site contains a set of optical illusions designed to show the biases and perception tricks users' minds play on them while looking at different pictures.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/optical-illusions
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Physlet Physics - Optics
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The Physlet Physics Section 7: Optics provides a technology-enhanced introduction to topics in optics from an introductory physics course. Interactive javascript simulations are used…
https://www.compadre.org/Physlets/optics/
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Bob Miller's Light Walk
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Visit this site to see light in a different way--you can learn all sorts of interesting things about light just by going for a walk on a sunny day. Don't miss the activites on…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/sln/light_walk/
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Quantum Cascade Lasers
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This page from Bell Laboratories gives a brief overview of the quantum cascade laser. The quantum cascade laser is a very small, very powerful type of laser that may one day be used…
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First Supernova Discovered with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
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This press release from the Gemini Observatory covers the discovery of a supernova using laser adaptive optics. Laser guide adaptive optics help eliminate atmospheric noise from…
https://www.gemini.edu/news/announcements/geminiann09003
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Wikipedia: Shadowgraph
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This Wikipedia page describes the photography technique of shadowgraphy, which allows a camera to capture differences in air, such as pressure and temperature. The page contains…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowgraph
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Rotating Light
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This Exploratorium webpage describes the classic Caro® syrup demonstration of the rotation of the plane of polarized light by an optically active material. The webpage lists the…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/rotating-light
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Center for History of Physics: Bright Idea - The First Lasers
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This online exhibit explores the discovery of laser technology. It combindes audio clips with archival photos to provide a context for understanding the impact of lasers. The exhibit…
https://history.aip.org/exhibits/laser/
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NTNU Java: Physics of Rainbow
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Try this Java simulation of the physics behind rainbows. You can investigate the reflection and refraction effects of light inside a water droplet and also find out how light from…
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=44.0
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Wikipedia: Supercontinuum
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The Wikipedia page “Supercontinuum” describes a laser that produces white light in a glass fiber. The page includes the history of work on this kind of laser and a technical…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercontinuum
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