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Optics Bench Physlet

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Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Graduate
Discipline(s): Physics
Learning Resource Type: Teaching - Demonstration
Author(s): Wolfgang Christian
Publisher(s): Davidson College, Department of Physics
Description: This applet allows users to simulate standard optic elements (lens, mirror, dielectrics, sources, apertures) and observe the ways that light rays propagate through these elements. The applet is designed to be scripted but may also be used to construct optical systems using buttons and a click and drag metaphor.
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Keywords: physics, optics
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Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: Medium

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2001
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/optics4/default.html
System Requirements: Java Applet
Copyright and Use Restrictions: Copyright 1999
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS