Refractive index matching, or how to hide a diamond in a glass of oil.
Aliasing – there’s an app for that. Next time you’re on an airplane, try this…
We ripped the front polarizer off a LCD monitor, so that you can only see the image through your polarized sunglasses, or a polarizer film.
Three spinning mirrors made from computer fans deflect a laser beam to make cool designs on the wall.
The spatial version of FM (frequency modulation) radio.
Save some money by ripping apart a commercial projector and making it into a Spatial Light Moculator (SLM).
Believe it or not, these pictures contain only red, white and black!
Long exposure pictures while a strobe flashes shows off moving scenes.
Laser patterns on the wall when one 2D diffraction grating is rotated on top of another one.
Did you know that adding sugar to water can cause a laser beam to bend through it in an arc?
Fun optics-related pics. Always looking for more ideas!
Description of some basic optics topics like wavelength, diffraction and polarization.
Color anaglyphs – you’ll need red/cyan glasses to view these.
In a squeeze, pantyhose can be used as a diffraction grating, whose pitch is changed by stretching
Lots of everyday objects fluoresce under a blacklight: highlighters, tshirts, teeth, and laundry detergent.
Fluorescent room
iPhone Aliasing Pictures
Laser spirograph
Land’s experiment
Strobe photos
Sugar GRIN optics
More pictures…
Intro to optics
3D TV
Pantyhose diffraction