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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Muhlenberg_College/Physics_122%3A_General_Physics_II_(Collett)/13%3A_Interference/13.01%3A_Prelude_to_InterferenceIf you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only ...If you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only be explained by the wave character of light. The same is true for the colors seen in an oil slick or in the light reflected from a DVD. These and other interesting phenomena cannot be explained fully by geometric optics. In these cases, light interacts with objects and exhibits wave characteristics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Grand_Rapids_Community_College/PH246_Calculus_Physics_II_(2025)/12%3A_Interference/12.01%3A_Prelude_to_InterferenceIf you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only ...If you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only be explained by the wave character of light. The same is true for the colors seen in an oil slick or in the light reflected from a DVD. These and other interesting phenomena cannot be explained fully by geometric optics. In these cases, light interacts with objects and exhibits wave characteristics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Bowdoin_College/Phys1140%3A_Introductory_Physics_II%3A_Part_2/03%3A_Interference/3.01%3A_Prelude_to_InterferenceIf you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only ...If you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only be explained by the wave character of light. The same is true for the colors seen in an oil slick or in the light reflected from a DVD. These and other interesting phenomena cannot be explained fully by geometric optics. In these cases, light interacts with objects and exhibits wave characteristics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Introductory_Physics_II_(1112)/11%3A_Physical_Optics/11.01%3A_Introduction_to_InterferenceThus, a monochromatic light beam through a narrow opening—a slit just a little wider than the wavelength of the light would not cast a simple shadow of the slit on the screen, an interference pattern ...Thus, a monochromatic light beam through a narrow opening—a slit just a little wider than the wavelength of the light would not cast a simple shadow of the slit on the screen, an interference pattern appears in what we will refer to as diffraction. Diffraction plays a major role in the way we interpret the output of optical instruments and on the was we design instruments that are based on the use of light.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_II_(2212)/11%3A_Physical_Optics/11.01%3A_Interference_and_DiffractionThe colors we see are not due to any pigmentation but are the result of light interference, which enhances specific wavelengths for a given thickness of the film. If you have ever looked at the reds, ...The colors we see are not due to any pigmentation but are the result of light interference, which enhances specific wavelengths for a given thickness of the film. If you have ever looked at the reds, blues, and greens in a sunlit soap bubble and wondered how straw-colored soapy water could produce them, you have hit upon one of the many phenomena that can only be explained by the wave character of light (Figure \PageIndex1).
