ppt课件-atmosphericoptics-brown.pptVIP

Madison Mariani Atmospheric Optics Mechanisms Reflection Scattering Refraction Diffraction Newton’s Theory of Light Geometric nature of laws of reflection/refraction could only be explained if light was made of particles (corpuscles) Prism Experiment Color wheel Huygens-Fresnel Principle The Wave Theory Christiaan Huygens Light is emitted in all directions as “luminiferous ether” Not affected by gravity ? slow down in denser mediums Augustin-Jean Fresnel Expanded Light was entirely transverse ( no wave components in direction of prepagation Huygens-Fresnel Principle Method of analyzi