1. Good Morning Seniors!!! 2. Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine. 3. Theories regarding the nature of light…

Slide 1What is light? Slide 2 Why light is important I2I2 Slide 3 Seeing the messengers? Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham, ~1000 AD Slide 4 Particle theory of light ‘Is light…

Slide 1The Nature of Light Is Light a Particle or a Wave? Slide 2 2 The Particle Theory of Light Light is considered to be a stream of particles Isaac Newton was the chief…

Slide 1 1 Nature of Light Slide 2 2 Nature of light What am I? Waves? Particles? Slide 3 3 A long time ago …… Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.), an ancient Greek thinker, thought…

Slide 1 faster than light? Einstein, light, and quantum mechanics Slide 2 Einstein, light and quantum mechanics  Folklore Einstein proved that nothing can go faster than…

Slide 1 Four equations (integral form) : Gauss’s law Gauss’s law for magnetism Faraday’s law Ampere-Maxwell law + Lorentz force Maxwell’s Equations Slide 2 Acceleration:…

Visible Light Waves What is Light Waves? ● Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Human eye has the capability to detect or sense some part of the complete electromagnetic…

Slide 1 38 The Atom and the Quantum Material particles and light have both wave properties and particle properties. Slide 2 38 The Atom and the Quantum Atomic structure is…

The Nature of Light What is light has been a basic philosophical and scientific question since time immemorial. Isaac Newton Known for his Law of Universal Gravitation, English…

Optics I: Introduction A short, arbitrary, condensed history of optics Maxwell's equations The wave equation Cool things that happen to light Total internal reflection…