Particle Properties of Light (Video 3 of 8)

This video, from the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, is the third of eight lectures in the Introduction to Photonics Video Series for Technologists. This video discusses the particle properties of light. An overview of the following topics is provided: photon, absorption, emission, blackbody radiation, and scattering. After viewing this lecture, viewers will be able to:

• give a basic explanation of atom and molecules and their ability to absorb, store, and emit quanta of electromagnetic energy;
• describe how spectra of light sources are formed;
• describe line spectra, band spectra, and continuous blackbody radiation; and
• describe how light is scattered, absorbed, and transmitted when passing through optical materials.

This video runs 39:39 minutes in length. The other videos in this series are available to view separately.