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This PhET simulation, now available on HTML5, offers multiple tools to explore wave interference in water, sound, and light waves. Users can simulate two waves without barriers,…
  
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W. Christian and M. Belloni
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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…
  
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M. Davidson and K. Spring; Publishers: Olympus America, Inc. and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
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This item is a introductory tutorial relating to wave-particle duality in the behavior of light. It traces the early history of light refraction theory, from Huygens' 18th century…
  
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Editor: P. Garik; Editor: K. Brecher
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This web site contains a collection of applets and simulations on the topic of light and color perception. Each applet depicts only one phenomenon, and most are interactively…
  
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A tutorial for learning how to focus with microscopy. This is more for beginners with microscopy and is based on imputs changing teh images on the browser.
  
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In this Java simulation, students interactively explore properties of waves as they view simulations of a dripping faucet, an audio speaker, and a laser. By observing wave sources…
  
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M. Davidson; Publisher: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
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This item is an interactive tutorial on the topic of interference of light waves. It introduces the user to constructive and destructive interference patterns through models that…
  
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This item is an introductory tutorial on the topic of diffraction of light waves, the bending of light waves around obstacles. It explains the phenomenon in a variety of ways and…
  
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This page is a free multimedia tutorial relating to the wave nature of light, appropriate for high school students in an introductory physics course. Materials are formatted in Adobe…
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