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Electromagnetic waves and optics

Maxwell's prediction and the electromagnetic spectrum, then reflection, refraction, mirrors and lenses, the eye and optical instruments, and the interference, diffraction and polarisation of light.

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  • Front aberration
    Back failure of rays to converge at one focus because of limitations or defects in a lens or mirror
  • Front amplitude modulation (AM)
    Back a method for placing information on electromagnetic waves by modulating the amplitude of a carrier wave with an audio signal, resulting in a wave with constant frequency but varying amplitude
  • Front astigmatism
    Back the result of an inability of the cornea to properly focus an image onto the retina
  • Front axis of a polarizing filter
    Back the direction along which the filter passes the electric field of an EM wave
  • Front birefringent
    Back crystals that split an unpolarized beam of light into two beams

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