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Wave Optics

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Follow the bounded wave-optics branch from polarization into diffraction, double-slit interference, color-dependent refraction, and imaging limits so the newer optics pages read like one compact path instead of isolated stops.

About recap mode

Keep the authored order, then open the extra explanation only when you need to understand how recap is choosing the next review move.

How it works

Same authored sequence, lighter revisit.

Recap mode does not invent a second curriculum. It keeps the existing starter-track order, then changes the prompt and suggested action with the current mastery and progress signals.

Keep using concept pages

Quick tests, challenge mode, worked examples, and read-next stay where they already live.

Recap links only jump you to the most useful surface for a fast review. The simulation-first concept pages still carry the real teaching work and keep the guided path intact.

Recap steps

Revisit the track in the same authored order.

Focus badges and button targets come from the current mastery and progress signals. The next ready checkpoint still stays in the loop.

  1. 1Not startedNewNext guided step

    Polarization

    Polarization is still the next guided step in this authored order. No finished quick test, solved challenge, or completion mark is saved yet.

    Start here before moving into Diffraction.

    Transverse orientationMalus's law25 min
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  2. 2Not startedNewAhead

    Diffraction

    This concept stays in the recap because it completes the authored track story, even if you have not reached it on this browser yet.

    Builds on Polarization before setting up Double-Slit Interference.

    Slit width vs wavelengthCentral peak width30 min
    Preview concept
  3. 3Not startedNewAhead

    Double-Slit Interference

    This concept stays in the recap because it completes the authored track story, even if you have not reached it on this browser yet.

    Builds on Diffraction before setting up Dispersion / Refractive Index and Color.

    Path differenceFringe spacing30 min
    Preview concept
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    Dispersion / Refractive Index and Color

    This concept stays in the recap because it completes the authored track story, even if you have not reached it on this browser yet.

    Builds on Double-Slit Interference before setting up Optical Resolution / Imaging Limits.

    Color-dependent n(lambda)Prism spread30 min
    Preview concept
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    Optical Resolution / Imaging Limits

    This concept stays in the recap because it completes the authored track story, even if you have not reached it on this browser yet.

    Capstone step after Dispersion / Refractive Index and Color.

    Rayleigh limitAperture versus wavelength30 min
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