Newton's rings interference pattern
Collimating lens
Collimating lens and filter
Newton's rings plates illuminated
Newton's rings plates
Equipment set up on an optical bench
Understood the concept of interference
Gained experience using an optical bench
Understood the behaviour of lenses and the optimisation of light throughput in an optical system
Learnt about and compared the effectiveness of different graphical methods and analysis techniques in error analysis
The script for this experiment can be found in the lab script book or on DUO.