Patterns of Light

Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs

By: Steven Beeson, James W. Mayer

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Hardcover | 3 January 2008

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Light is all around us. Vision is our dominant sense, and we are richly rewarded with a palette of colors from red to violet. Our eyes do not detect the l- energy, long-wavelength infrared (IR) radiation, but we know it exists from d- cussions of war applications and televised images of guided weapons targets. Our eyes do not detect the higher-energy (above visible light energies) and shorter-than-visible-wavelength ultraviolet radiation, and yet we know it is there from the sunburn we receive in Arizona. We also know that window glass can block ultraviolet rays so we don't get a burn while driving with the windows rolled up. We know about radio waves from the little boxes that talk to us and x-rays from the dentist office. These waves and rays belong to the same family of light, often called photons (from the Greek photos, light), that describes the spectra of electromagnetic radiation over 10 orders of magnitude from very low-energy - dio waves to very high-energy x-rays and gamma rays.

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"In this work, which developed out of a general studies course at the university, Beeson and Mayer (both, Arizona State Univ.) present a descriptive overview of the nature of light and fundamental phenomena associated with its behavior. ... The brief, nontechnical chapters are geared to the nonscientist and emphasize phenomena. The book includes excellent illustrations (with some color photos) and a glossary of terms. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers." (O. Eknoyan, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), 2008)

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Laser Technology & Holography

The Path of Light	p. 1
The Straight and Narrow	p. 1
The Fastest Thing Around	p. 3
Standing in the Shadows	p. 5
The Reversible Path of Light	p. 7
The World through a Hole	p. 8
A Room with a View	p. 10
The Reflection of Light	p. 13
Reflections on the Past	p. 13
All Things Equal	p. 15
From the Looking Glass	p. 16
The Curved Mirror	p. 19
Shaving and a Spoon	p. 20
The Rough Edges	p. 22
Daguerreotypes: Light Captured	p. 25
A Race to Capture Light	p. 25
Tripping the Light Fantastic	p. 26
It's all in the Reflection	p. 29
The Refraction of Light	p. 33
From Galaxy to Fish	p. 33
Altering the Speed of Light	p. 33
The Light Brigade	p. 36
The Properties of Waves	p. 38
On the Beach	p. 40
The Law of Refraction	p. 42
The Refractive Index	p. 43
Total Internal Reflection	p. 45
Diffraction: Newton's Mistake	p. 46
Lenses: From Water Drops to Telescopes	p. 49
Viewing the Unknown	p. 49
The Focal Length	p. 50
Of Objects, Images, and Burning Glasses	p. 52
Burning Glasses	p. 53
Measuring Magnification	p. 55
The Compound Microscope	p. 57
A New Microscope	p. 59
Inside the SEM	p. 62
Optical versus Electron Microscopy	p. 64
Seeing the Distant	p. 66
Imperfect Light	p. 67
The Most Advanced Camera	p. 69
Still an Imperfect Camera	p. 71
Sources of Light and Color	p. 75
Crossroads	p. 75
Waves, Rebounding	p. 75
Waves, Unfolding	p. 78
Photons, Reflecting	p. 80
The Color of Objects	p. 82
Sources of Light	p. 83
Replacing Edison	p. 85
Revolution in White Light Sources	p. 86
Tricking Photons with Lasers	p. 87
Structural Color	p. 88
The Eye and Color Sensation	p. 89
Diffraction and Interference	p. 91
Light as a Wave	p. 91
Wave Interference	p. 91
Young's Interference	p. 93
Color from Interference	p. 94
Soap Bubbles	p. 95
Oil Slicks and Lens Coatings	p. 96
Newton's Rings	p. 99
Birds of a Feather	p. 99
Diffraction	p. 100
Diffraction Gratings	p. 101
Rainbows	p. 103
Through the Looking Glass	p. 103
The Pot of Gold	p. 103
A Rainbow by Hand	p. 105
The Antisolar Point	p. 106
Rainbows in 3D	p. 108
The Double Rainbow	p. 109
The Light inside a Rainbow	p. 112
Rainbows Far Afield	p. 113
Sea, Sky, and Cloud	p. 115
Beam of Light	p. 115
The Color of Sky	p. 115
The Color of Sea	p. 116
The Color of Smoke	p. 118
White Clouds and Smoke	p. 119
Salt with your Beer?	p. 122
The Remains of the Day	p. 123
The Shadow in the East	p. 125
Beyond the Horizon	p. 125
An Oasis in the Sahara (or the Arctic)	p. 127
Sundogs and Halos	p. 129
Polarized Light and Sunglasses	p. 131
Sunglasses	p. 131
Polarized Light	p. 132
Polarization by Reflection	p. 133
Polarization by Scattering	p. 134
Polarization by Absorption	p. 135
Calcite and Double Refraction	p. 136
Polarization and the Eye	p. 138
Photons, Electrons, and the Atom	p. 139
Light is Created and Destroyed	p. 139
Packets of Energy	p. 139
The Electron	p. 140
The Bohr Model of the Atom	p. 142
Light and Electrons	p. 142
Electrons and the Spectrum	p. 143
X-ray Energies	p. 145
Characteristic X-rays	p. 146
X-rays, Ultraviolet Light, and Infrared	p. 147
Beyond the Visible	p. 147
Discoveries beyond the Visible	p. 148
Infrared (IR) Radiation	p. 148
Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation	p. 149
X-radiation (X-rays)	p. 149
Light Absorption	p. 152
X-ray Absorption	p. 152
Fluorescence with Ultraviolet Light	p. 153
Infrared Light	p. 154
Infrared Space Exploration	p. 154
X-ray Emission: Earth, Moon, and Mars	p. 157
The Moon	p. 157
X-ray Emission	p. 158
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)	p. 158
Electron Microprobe and Electron Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS)	p. 160
Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)	p. 162
	p. 165
References	p. 185
Index	p. 187
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