Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Interference
  2: Double-slit experiment: wavelike nature of light
  3: Michelson interferometer
  4: Thin-film interference
  5: Diffraction
  6: Huygens' principle
  7: Single-slit diffraction
  8: Resolving power
  9: Resolving power of the eye
10: Physics at play: CDs and DVDs
11: Gotchas
12: Summary

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