Laser simulation

[sopark4000]

This is a link to a very interesting laser simulation tool. Shows you in a basic sense how lasers work. The page that it is hosted on also has a number of other very cool simulation tools. A lot of the simulations make very good teaching tools.

Lasers - Light, Radiation, Laser - PhET

Enjoy :beer:

 

[Plyman44]

Very nice...good find!

 

[sopark4000]

Another more useful application for laser hobbyists is this. It is a simulation that shows the results of using several different kinds of prisms etc.

Bending Light - Index of Refraction, Light, Snell's Law - PhET

 

[sopark4000]

oh yea and you can use the prism simulation to help predict how different optics set ups will work.

EDIT: Just realized that there is an option to use several beams...... awesome!