Light & the Electromagnetic Spectrum€¦ · Electromagnetic Waves •Electromagnetic Radiation is...
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Light&theElectromagneticSpectrum
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ElectromagneticWaves
• ElectromagneticRadiationisatransverse wavecomposedofanelectricwaveandamagneticwave.•Unlikemechanicalwaves,EMwavescantravelthroughavacuum.• TheEMspectrumcontainswaveswithaarangeofwavelengthsandfrequencies.•Weonlyseelightintherangeof400-700nm
speedoflight=c =3.0*108m/sc =λ*f
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Ex1:HowlongdoesittakeforlightformthesuntoreachEarthifthesunis1.5x1011 maway?
Ex2:Microwaveovensemitwavesofabout2450MHz.Whatisthewavelengthofthislight?
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Transparency
•Lightisenergycarriedinanelectromagneticwavethatisgeneratedbyvibratingelectriccharges.•Whenlighthitselectronsinamaterial,theyvibrate.• Iffrequencyoflighthittingamaterial≠naturalfrequencyofthematerial,theelectronsareforcedintovibrationwithsmallamplitudes.• Onlyasmallamountofenergyislosttoheat.• Energyofthevibratingelectronsisreemittedastransmittedlight.
•Materialsthattransmitlightaretransparent.
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Opacity
• Iffrequencyoflighthittingamaterial=naturalfrequencyofthematerial,theelectronsareforcedintovibrationwithlargeamplitudes.• Therefore,moreenergyislosttoheat.
•Materialsthatabsorblightwithoutreemissionandthusallownolightthroughthemareopaque.
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Glass:Anexample
•Glassis_______________ tovisiblelight.•However,electronsinglasshaveanaturalvibrationfrequencyintheultravioletrange.•UVlightshinesonglassandalotofenergy________ toheat•Therefore,UVlight___________passthroughglass.•Glassis_______________ toUVlight.
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Shadows
• Athinbeamoflightiscalledaray.•Whenlightshinesonanobject,someoftheraysmaybestoppedwhileotherspassoninastraightlinepath• Ashadow isformedwherelightrayscannotreach• Fuzzypartaroundtheedgesoftheshadowhappenswhen:• Lightfromonesourceisblockedbutwhereotherlightfillsin•Wherelightfromasourceisonlypartiallyblocked
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Polarization
•Whenlightfromalamporthesunshinesonapolarizingfilter,thelightthatistransmittedispolarized.• Lightwillpassthroughapairofpolarizingfilterswhentheirpolarizationaxesarealigned,butnotwhentheyarecrossedatrightangles.
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Holdanuprightfingeratarm’slengthandseehowitswitchespositionrelativetothebackgroundasyoualternatelycloseeacheye.
3D
• Visioninthreedimensionsdependsonthefactthatbotheyesgiveimpressionssimultaneously,eacheyeviewingascenefromaslightlydifferentangle.• Theviewseenbyeacheyeisdifferent.• Thecombinationofviewsintheeye-brainsystemgivesdepth.• Apairofphotographsormovieframes,takenashortdistanceapart(aboutaverageeyespacing),canbeseenin3-Dwhenthelefteyeseesonlytheleftviewandtherighteyeseesonlytherightview.
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3DMovies!
•Moviesprojectthepairofviewsthroughpolarizationfiltersontoascreen.• Theirpolarizationaxesareatrightanglestoeachother,sotherighteyeseesonlytherightviewandthelefteyeseesonlytheleftview.• Overlappingpictureslookblurrytothenakedeye.• Toseein3-D,theviewerwearspolarizingeyeglasseswiththelensaxesalsoatrightangles.• Eacheyeseesaseparatepicture,justasinreallife.Thebraininterpretsthetwopicturesasasinglepicturewithafeelingofdepth.