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Contents, , Course 5: Optics, , Course code: BSCPH202, , Credit: 3, , , , Unit, number, , Block and Unit Title, , Page, number, , , , Block 1: Geometrical optics, , 1-59, , , , Fermat's principle and its Applications: Optical Path, Fermat's principle of, Extreme Path,applications of Fermat's principle, to deduce law of reflection and, , refraction etc., Gaus, , , , s general theory of image formation., , , , 1-22, , , , Refraction by spherical surfaces and Image formation: Sign Convention, Coaxial, Optical System , Cardinal Points of an Optical System , Rules of Image Formation, Magnification of a lens system, Helmholtz Lagrange’s Magnification Formula Some, Important Relations, Newton’s Formula, , 23-41, , , , Thick lens, lenses combinations and telescopes: Cardinal Points of a Thick Lens,, Focal Length of a Thick Lens, Variation of Focal Length of a Thick Bi-convex, Lens, Power of a Thick Lens, Telescopes, Astronomical Telescope, Terrestrial, Telescope, Newtonian Reflecting Telescope, Cassegrain Reflecting Telescope,, Advantages of Reflecting Type Telescope over Refracting Type Telescope, , 42-59, , , , BLOCK 2 Interference of light waves, , 60-118, , , , Interference of light: Wave Nature of Light, Principle of Superposition,, Introduction to Interference of light, Classification of Interference, Young’s, experiment, coherence Length and Coherence Time, spatial and temporal, coherence; Interference Due to Thin Sheet ,intensity distribution, biprism and, Fresnel’s biprism, Experimental Arrangement of Biprism Apparatus, Lateral Shift,, Measurement of Wave Length of Light (4) by Fresnel’s Biprism, Interference with, White Light, , 60-84, , , , Interference in thin film and Newton’s rings : Interference by division of, amplitude, interference in thin film, wedge shaped film, Necessity of Extended, , Source for Interference Due to Thin Films , Colours of Thin Films, Classification of, , , , Fringes, Fringes of Equal Thickness, Fringes of Equal Inclination, Newton’s rings, in reflected and refracted light, Experiment Arrangement for Reflected Light,, Formation of Bright and Dark Rings, Diameter of Bright and Dark Rings,, Determination of Wavelength of a Monochromatic Light Source, Determination of, Refractive Index of a Liquid by Newton’s Rings Experiment, Newton’s Rings in, Case of Transmitted Light, , 85-107, , , , , , , , Multiple beam interferometry: Interferometery, Fringes of Equal Inclination, (Haidinger Fringes), Michelson’s Interferometer, Construction, Working, Formation, of Fringes, Determination the Difference between Two Neighboring Wavelengths,, Determination of Refractive Index of a Material, Michelson- Morley Experiment, and Its Result, , , , 108-118
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BLOCK3 Diffraction of light waves, , 119-174, , , , Diffraction of light waves and Fresnel diffraction: Diffraction of Light,, Difference between Interference and Diffraction, Types of diffraction, Fresnel and, Fraunhofer class, Fresnel’s half period zones; explanation of rectilinear propagation, of light; Rectilinear Propagation of Light, zone plate, comparison of zone plate with, lens, wave front, diffraction at a straight edge., , 119-146, , , , Fraunhofer diffraction: Condition for Fraunhofer diffraction, Fraunhofer, diffraction due to a single slit, Fraunhofer diffraction due to double slit, Fraunhofer, diffraction at circular aperture (qualitative), Plane diffraction grating (tran:, diffraction due to a grating of N parallel slits, Maximum number of order, ina grating, missing orders., , , , 147-162, , , , Resolution and resolving power: Introduction, resolving power, Rayleigh, criterion of resolution; resolving power of transmission grating, resolving power of, prism, resolving power of telescope, resolving power of microscope., , , , 163-174, , , , BLOCK 4: Polarization of light waves, , 175-250, , , , 10, , Polarization: Introduction to Polarization, Types of Polarization, Concept of plane, polarized light, Pictorial Representation of Plane Polarized Light , Plane of, Vibration and Plane of Polarization of Plane Polarized Light, Methods of, Production of Plane Polarized Light, Plane Polarized Light by Reflection, circularly, and elliptically polarized light, Malus law, Brewster law., , 175-192, , , , 11, , Double refraction: Double Refraction or Birefringence, Geometry of Calcite, Crystal, Optic Axis, Principal Section and Principal Plane, Optic Axis,, Principal Section and Principal Plane, Huygen’s Explanation of Double Refraction, in Uniaxial Crystal, Positive and Negative Crystals, Nicol Prism, , Action of Polarizer on Light of Different Type of Polarizations, Huygen’s, construction for uniaxial crystals; Double Images Polarizing Prisms, Dichroism or, Selective Absorption, polaroids and their uses, Polarization by Scattering., , 193-216, , , , 12, , Plane, circularly and elliptically Polarized light: Introduction, retardation plates,, Production and analysis of plane, circularly and elliptically polarized light by, retardation plates, Experimental Arrangements for the Production of Polarized, Light , 6Application of Retardation Plates: Analysis of Polarized Light ,and, Rotatory polarization., , 217-233, , , , , , 13, , , , Optical activity: Introduction, rotatory polarization, optical activity; Laevo-rotatory, Substances, Dextro-rotatory Substances, Fresnel’s explanation of optical activity;, Specific Rotation, Polarimeters, Biquartz and Laurent’s half shade polarimeter., , , , 234-250
