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Lecture #2Lecture #2
Seeing the light1/29/13
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What happens to light when it What happens to light when it interacts with matter?interacts with matter?
• Reflects• Absorbed• Refracts
Changes speed
• Polarized• Diffracts
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What happens to light when we What happens to light when we see?see?
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TodayToday’’s topicss topics
• Learning styles
• Waves• Refraction• Diffraction / interference• Light sources• Intensity
• Homework on web site for next week
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We can think about light in several We can think about light in several waysways
• Light as a wave: oscillating electromagnetic field
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We can think about light in several We can think about light in several waysways
• Light as a wave: oscillating electromagnetic field
• Light as a ray: direction of wave
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We can think about light in several We can think about light in several waysways
• Light as a wave: oscillating electromagnetic field
• Light as a ray: direction of wave• Light as a photon: packet of energy which
excites electrons
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Light as a waveLight as a wave
• Wave characteristicsWavelengthFrequencySpeed
• Wavefront goes in one direction = rayTravels in straight line till it encounters
different material
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Wavelength – distance btn Wavelength – distance btn peakspeaks
λ varies across visible spectrumλ varies across visible spectrum
• 400 nm
• 700 nm
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FrequencyFrequency
• Frequency of wave depends on wavelength and speed
c= λf f = c /λ
Units make sense:
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FrequencyFrequency
• Typical frequency of visible light
Huge number
So we characterize light by wavelength
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Visible light is small part of the Visible light is small part of the electromagnetic spectrumelectromagnetic spectrum
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Different colors correspond to Different colors correspond to different wavelengthsdifferent wavelengths
Wavelength is proportional to 1/ frequency
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Speed, cSpeed, c
• Speed of light in a vacuum (outer space)3 x 108 meters / second (299,792,458 m/s)6.7 x 108 miles per hour
•Moon is 384,403 km awayTakes 1.2 s for light go from moon to earth
•Sun is 149,600,000 kmTakes light 8 min 19 s to get from sun to earth
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Speed of light in other materialsSpeed of light in other materials
• Light moves slower in matter• Index of refraction = speed in
vacuum speed in
matter
• n depends on materialMore light interacts, the slower it goes
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Speed of light in a material (v) Speed of light in a material (v) versus index of refraction, nversus index of refraction, n
v = c / n
water glass diamond silicon
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What happens when light goes What happens when light goes from one material into another?from one material into another?
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What do you think will happen to the What do you think will happen to the angle between the ray and the normal angle between the ray and the normal
as it enters the water?as it enters the water?
a. It will increase (move away from the normal)
b. It will stay the samec. It will decrease (move towards the normal)
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What characteristics of the ray and/or What characteristics of the ray and/or the materials could be causing this?the materials could be causing this?
a. b. c.
Possible answers?
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SnellSnell’’s law quantifies bendings law quantifies bending
θ
θ
n1 sin θn2 sin θ
n1
n2
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SnellSnell’’s laws law
θ
θ
n1
n2
and so light bends in
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SnellSnell’’s laws law
θ
θ
n1
n2
If go from low to high index
- light bends in towards normal
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SnellSnell’’s law - in reverses law - in reverse
θ
θ
n1
n2
If go from HI to LOW index
-Light bends away from normal
-Light path is reversible
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Can download simulator from Can download simulator from PhET PhET http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-
lightlight
Part of homework#2 uses this simulator
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Effect of changing angle and Effect of changing angle and materialsmaterials
Can use tools to measure angles, light speed and light intensity
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Outcome: Objects are not where Outcome: Objects are not where they appear to bethey appear to be
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Hemisphere of light above Hemisphere of light above becomes a cone belowbecomes a cone below
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Archer Archer fish make fish make
an an adjustmeadjustme
ntnt
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SnellSnell’’s window – see light above as a s window – see light above as a cone of light below the water cone of light below the water
Shanon Conway
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How does refraction depend on How does refraction depend on wavelength?wavelength?
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Pink FloydPink Floyd
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Refraction differs with Refraction differs with wavelengthwavelength
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Index of refraction depends on Index of refraction depends on how much light interacts with how much light interacts with
materialmaterial
Glass
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SnellSnell’’s laws law
θ
θ
n1=1.00
n2 =1.50917n2 =1.51534n2 =1.52136
glass
Air
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SnellSnell’’s laws law
θ
θ
n1=1.00
n2 =1.50917n2 =1.51534n2 =1.52136
glass
Air
As n2 gets bigger…
sin θ2 and θ2 get smaller
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SnellSnell’’s laws law
θ
θ
n1=1.00
n2 =1.50917n2 =1.51534n2 =1.52136
glass
Air n 2 θ
1.50917 27.941.51534 27.8227.821.52136 27.70Shorter wavelength -
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SnellSnell’’s laws law
θ
θ
n1=1.00
n2 =1.50917n2 =1.51534n2 =1.52136
glass
Air n 2 θ
1.50917 27.941.51534 27.8227.821.52136 27.70Shorter wavelength –
bends MORE
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PhET only does what you tell itPhET only does what you tell it
Doesn’t have built in relationships of n and wavelength
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Applications of SnellApplications of Snell’’s laws law
• Eye design
• Glasses design
• Seeing across interfaces
• Separating wavelengths of light
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Another way to separate wavelengths Another way to separate wavelengths – Diffractive interference– Diffractive interference
Double slit – each slit becomes a point source of light
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InterferenceInterference
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If waves are in phase – constructive If waves are in phase – constructive interference; if they are out of phase – interference; if they are out of phase –
destructive interferencedestructive interference
Construct
Destruct
Construct
Destruct
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Constructive interferenceConstructive interferenceDistance two rays travel must differ Distance two rays travel must differ
by a multiple # of whole wavelengthsby a multiple # of whole wavelengths
r = nλ
r
θD
D
r
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Constructive interferenceConstructive interferenceDistance two rays travel must differ Distance two rays travel must differ
by a multiple # of whole wavelengthsby a multiple # of whole wavelengths
r = Dsinθ = nλ
r
θD
xn
L
D
r
θ
Similar triangles
θ
sinθL
xn
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Constructive interference Constructive interference occurs at distance x, which is occurs at distance x, which is
given by:given by:
D
D = distance between two slitsL = distance between slits and screenx = distance between bright spots
L
x
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DiffractionDiffraction
• What happens as slits get closer together?
For more closely spaced slits, D is smaller and bright bands are further apart
•What happens as wavelength gets longer?
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Two slit interferenceTwo slit interference
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/schroedinger/two-slit2.html
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DiffractionDiffraction
• Depends on wavelength
Spots are further apart for longer λ
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SimulatorSimulator
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/doubleslit.htm
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Diffraction depends on Diffraction depends on wavelengthwavelength
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Light sourcesLight sources
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Light Light ““sourcesource””??
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Light sourceLight source
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Northern lightsNorthern lights
Phillipe Mousette, Quebec Canada
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Biological light sourceBiological light source
Different species either make light through a luciferase reaction or have bacteria that make light and are symbionts.
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Incandescent bulbIncandescent bulb
California lawmaker proposes to ban the bulb
http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/?p=115
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Fluorescent Fluorescent bulbbulb
Electric discharge inside bulb causes high speed electrons to strike coating which fluoresces
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Light emitting diodeLight emitting diode
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LaserLaser
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Sun is a high temperature light Sun is a high temperature light bulbbulb
• Temperature is around 5800 K• This produces broad spectrum
light just like an incandescent lightbulb
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Solar spectrum peaks near 500 Solar spectrum peaks near 500 nmnm
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Actual solar spectrumActual solar spectrum
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Measuring spectral distributionMeasuring spectral distribution
• Use computerized spectrometer• Collects light• Disperses with diffraction grating• Sends to multipixel detector
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Ocean Optics spectrometerOcean Optics spectrometer1. Fiber in2. Slit3. Filter4. Collimating mirror5. Diffraction grating6. Mirror7. Lens8. Detector
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Spectra of different light Spectra of different light sourcessources
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Relative brightness of sun and Relative brightness of sun and moonmoon
Sun light comes directly to earth
Moonlight - sun is scattered off moon and comes to earth
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Light Light intensityintensity
Sun is about 105-106 brighter than a full moon
We calculated sun to be 2 x 105 brighter
1candela/m2 = 1 lux
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SummarySummary
• Waves• Refraction - Snell’s law• Interference - diffraction• Light sources and spectral
distribution• Intensity
• Learning styles