Applets

 

Geometric optics

Under water flashlight

www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/light/flashLight.html

Huygen’s principle

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/propagation/propagation.html

Fermat’s principle ?

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/Fermat/Fermat.html

Fermat’s principle

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/refraction/refraction.html

Rainbow pictures

http://www.jal.cc.il.us/~mikolajsawicki/rainbows.htm

Rainbow theory

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/Rainbow/rainbow.html

Mirror image

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/optics/mirror_e.html

Two plane mirrors

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/optics/image_e.html   

Optical simulator

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physletprob/ch18_v4_physlets/optics4/intro.html

Camera Obscura

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/pinHole/pinhole.html

Exact ray tracing

http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~scharein/astro/TelObs/optics/OpticsLab.html

Thick lens

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/optics4/thick_lens.html

Aberrations

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/opticalaberrations.html

 

 

Physical optics

Electromagnetic waves

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/index.html

Long & trans waves

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/waveType/waveType.html

Superposition 1

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/wave/impulse.html

Beats

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/schroedinger/index.html

Standing wave 1

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physletprob/ch5_overview/5.5.fig_32.html

Standing wave 2

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/waveSuperposition/waveSuperposition.html

Subluminal

http://www.netspace.net.au/~gregegan/APPLETS/20/20.html

Fourier synthesizer

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/sound/sound.html

Doppler/shock wave

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physletprob/ch1_intro/1.1fig_1.html

Two slit interference

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/doubleSlit/doubleSlit.html

Two slit interference

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/schroedinger/two-slit2.html

Two source interfer

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/waveInterference/waveInterference.html

 http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physletprob/ch8_problems/ch8_10_sound/sound_1.html

Polarization

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/polarization/polarizationI.html

Polaroid

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/polarization/molecular_view.html

Phase effect

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/physics/Flash_Files/Phasor.php

Birefringence

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/polarizedlight/crystal/index.html

Ripple

http://www.falstad.com/ripple/

Wavebox

http://www.falstad.com/wavebox/

Dispersion

http://www.falstad.com/dispersion/

Interference

http://www.falstad.com/interference/index_ap.html

Fourier series

http://www.falstad.com/fourier/

Digital filter

http://www.falstad.com/dfilter/

Diffraction

http://www.falstad.com/diffraction/

 

 

 

Interesting Optics Applets

Lasers

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/lasers/index.html

Light and pigment

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/image/rgbColor.html

Light mixing only

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/tv/colortv.html

Color Spectrum

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ncs/color/a_spectr.html

Read a vernier

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/ruler/vernier.html  

Oscilloscope

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/oscilloscope/oscilloscope.html

Atom optics1

http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/atomopt/nanofoc.html

Atom optics 2

http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div842/Gp4/AtomOptics/index.html

Laser cooling

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/lascool1.html

Optical molasses

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/lascool4.html

Applets collection at Aberdeen

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/physics/px2009/index.html

Applets collection at Barcelona

http://www.ub.es/javaoptics/index-en.html

Applets collection at Davidson

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/optics4/default.html

Optics animations

http://physics-animations.com/Physics/English/optics.htm

Applets collection at Kettering

http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos.html

Misconceptions

http://amasci.com/miscon/miscon.html