Module 2: Wave optics

Topics

• Huygens’ principle →
• superposition of waves and interference of light by wave front splitting and amplitude splitting →
• Young’s double slit experiment →
• Newton’s rings →
• Michelson interferometer →
• MachZehnder interferometer →
• Farunhofer diffraction from a single slit and a circular aperture →
• the Rayleigh criterion for limit of resolution and its application to vision →
• Diffraction gratings and their resolving power →