Wolfram|Alpha Optics Calculators

Wolfram|Alpha has optics calculators. Solve problems related to diffraction and interference, illuminance and intensity, lasers, lenses and imaging, materials, reflection and transmission, refraction, and scattering.

Optics

Diffraction & Interference
Bragg's Law CalculatorConstructive Thin Film Interference CalculatorDestructive Thin Film Interference CalculatorDiffraction by a Circular Aperture CalculatorDiffraction Grating CalculatorFabry–Pérot Interferometer CalculatorMultiple‐Slit Diffraction CalculatorNewton's Rings CalculatorNewton's Rings Maxima CalculatorSingle‐Slit Diffraction Calculator
Illuminance & Intensity
Albedo CalculatorIlluminance CalculatorTelescope Light‐Gathering Power Ratio Calculator
Lasers
Force of a Laser Beam CalculatorPhoton Flux of a Laser Beam Calculator
Lenses & Imaging
Angular Diameter CalculatorBack Focal Length CalculatorBack Focal Length of Thick Lens CalculatorField of View in Photography CalculatorFour Thin Lenses in Contact CalculatorFront Focal Length CalculatorFront Focal Length of Thick Lens CalculatorGullstrand's Equation CalculatorLensmaker's Equation CalculatorPrentice's Rule CalculatorPrism Diopter CalculatorPupillary Distance CalculatorSpherical Equivalent CalculatorStrehl Ratio CalculatorTelescope Light‐Gathering Power Ratio CalculatorTelescope Magnifying Power CalculatorThin Lens Equation CalculatorThree Thin Lenses in Contact CalculatorTwo Thin Lenses in Contact CalculatorTwo‐Thin‐Lens System Calculator
Materials
Abbe Number Calculator (for Helium)Abbe Number Calculator (for Hydrogen)Abbe Number Calculator (for Mercury)Beer–Lambert Law CalculatorClausius–Mossotti Relation CalculatorDebye Equation CalculatorGladstone–Dale Relationship CalculatorIndex of Refraction of Seawater CalculatorLorentz–Lorenz Equation CalculatorOptical Absorption Coefficient of Ice (Ih Phase) CalculatorOptical Absorption Coefficient of Water CalculatorRefractive Index of Ice (Ih Phase) CalculatorRefractive Index of Moist Air CalculatorRefractive Index of Water CalculatorSellmeier Equation CalculatorSpecific Rotation Formula Calculator
Reflection & Transmission
Concave Mirror Image Equations CalculatorConvex Mirror Image Equations CalculatorFresnel Equations CalculatorFresnel Number CalculatorTotal Internal Reflection Calculator
Refraction
Brewster's Angle CalculatorIndex of Refraction of Seawater CalculatorOptical Absorption Coefficient of Ice (Ih Phase) CalculatorRainbow Altitude CalculatorRefraction in a Prism CalculatorRefractive Index CalculatorRefractive Index of Ice (Ih Phase) CalculatorRefractive Index of Moist Air CalculatorRefractive Index of Water CalculatorSnell's Law CalculatorTotal Internal Reflection CalculatorTransmission Coefficient CalculatorWavelength of Light in a Medium Compared to Another Medium CalculatorWavelength of Light in a Medium Compared to a Vacuum Calculator
Scattering
Rayleigh Scattering Cross Section for Molecules of Gases CalculatorRayleigh Scattering Cross Section for Particles Calculator