Electromagnetic waves.
Interpretation of light as an electromagnetic wave and an electromagnetic spectrum.
Experimental measurement of the speed of light.
Energy carried by electromagnetic waves.
Light propagation: geometric optics:
The ray model for the propagation of light.
Reflection and flat mirrors.
Index of refraction.
Refraction and Snell's law.
Total reflection and its application to optical fibers.
Thin lenses and light rays diagrams.
Equation of thin lenses and magnification
Constitutive equation of lenses.
Wave nature of light:
Waves and corpuscles, Huygens principle and diffraction.
The principle of Huygens and the law of refraction.
Interference and experimentation of the two Young's slits.
Spectrum of visible light and dispersion.
Diffraction through a single slit and through a hole.
Diffraction lattices Spectrometers and spectroscopy.
Polarization.
Optical instruments:
Film and digital cameras.
Human eye and corrective lenses.
Magnifying glass.
the telescopes.
Compound microscope.
Aberration of the lenses.
Resolution limits: circular openings.
Resolution of telescopes and microscopes.
Resolution of the human eye and useful magnification.