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AP Physics: Wave Optics flashcards
Interference, diffraction, Huygens's principle, thin films, resolution and polarization. 31 cards to learn: tap one to flip it.
The cards
Where this deck sits in the curriculum
- Course
- Physics
- Level
- AP
- Unit
- Wave Optics (opens in a new tab)
- SCED code
- 03166
- Textbook
- College Physics for AP Courses 2e
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How this deck was checked
On 2026-11-01, every card was compared with a primary source and with a second source from a different publisher. The comparison was done automatically, not by a teacher, so a card can still be wrong. Flash Feed is not affiliated with any source named here.
Sources
Total: 24 · primary: 8 · second publisher: 16
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, Ch. 27 Glossary (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.1 The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Second source Coherence (physics) (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Brewster's angle (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
Show the other sources (20)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.2 Huygens's Principle: Diffraction (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.3 Young's Double Slit Experiment (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.5 Single Slit Diffraction (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.6 Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.7 Thin Film Interference (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Primary source College Physics for AP Courses 2e, 27.8 Polarization (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax, openstax.org)
- Second source Edwin H. Land (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Polarizer (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Wavelength (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Thin film interference and reflections (opens in a new tab) (UNSW School of Physics (Wolfe), animations.physics.unsw.edu.au)
- Second source Dispersion, Diffraction and Diffraction Gratings (opens in a new tab) (Boston University Physics, physics.bu.edu)
- Second source Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment (opens in a new tab) (Evident Scientific (Olympus), evidentscientific.com)
- Second source Diffraction (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Diffraction grating (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Huygens-Fresnel principle (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Angular resolution (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Thin-film interference (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Polarization (waves) (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Birefringence (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Optical rotation (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
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