All Optics is Scattering

What if I told you that all optical phenomena were actually the same thing? In this video, I justify that bold statement with some diagrams and maybe just a smidgen of math... maybe.
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"Reflection, Refraction, and Multislit Interference"
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[virtualuniverse]

You study and research with passion and dedication, condense and elaborate information and turn it into knowledge, and shine this concentrated knowledge in hopes it enlightens some other neurons who happen to receive it. On behalf of our civilization, thank you for making the world a better place!

[ytashu]

Man! And i thought there is nothing more left to learn about this "pretty basic" stuff! Nick comes along and manages to add a different perspective and increases our understanding in a very deep and fundamental way. You are an original dude!! Keep on looking at everything with that crazy mind of yours.

[lemont]

Please, Nick!!! Do us a favor....Even if you run out of topics to teach us about...don't give up!! Keep doing all this amazing videos!! You are a mind blower, even if you don't wanna be. Tx!!

[ScienceAsylum]

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[VayunSoni]

Ladies and gentlemen, THAT'S HOW YOU BLOW MINDS, OPTICALLY! XD

[ericeaton]

I love that you've been using that same outro music for over six years. Excellent video.

[sjunaid]

Thank you for such a nice video. Very nicely put, ''All light-matter interaction is just an outcome of scattering that you need to categorise into, considering initial wavelength and dimensions of the interacting matter and the result that follows next =optics''

[jeminkukadiya]

Mind blowing. A unification in the field of optics.

[stefaniasmanio]

You are my Hero. No way. Never, ever, found out anyhing that clear and complete . Nobody clears up difficult subjects as you do! ❤️🤗 Thank you!

[hippzhipos]

I liked it before i watched it. Because i knew its gonna be awesome

[ambershah]

mr lucid is awesome at elucidating physics concepts. thanks mr lucid

[thechosenone]

The derivation of Snell’s law was great. Suddenly made much more sense

[fberron]

This one and the one about "The Pointing Vector" absolutely blew my mind!!! Very, very helpful

[Pascotam]

Mind blown? No! It has made my mind clear! Thanks for that excellent video.

[aVoidPiOverRad]

You managed to blow my mind....Well done Sir

[cipherxen]

hey nick, I am becoming huge fan of yours.
you are destroying all the knowledge I had before. thanks for that. I am learning to see everything in new "light" now.

[itsmeism]

That was actually great
I was always confused
Sometimes they called it Bragg's diffraction
Sometimes they said light is scattered in Bragg's diffraction you really cleared all that up and much more

[elgaro]

Can't like this video enough! you unify optics! this is AWESOME!

[alwayscurious]

Thank you for a very interesting and concise video on a very important and much understated aspect of light. For me this video is arguably the foundation stone needed to study optics. Well done.

[mreast]

You are really awesome...sincere thanks to everyone behind such videos