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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/UCD%3A_Physics_9B__Waves_Sound_Optics_Thermodynamics_and_Fluids/03%3A_Physical_Optics/3.05%3A_Thin_Film_InterferenceLight slows as it goes from vacuum into transparent media, and like all waves, it is partially reflected when changing media. This can result in yet another interference phenomenon.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Radically_Modern_Introductory_Physics_Text_I_(Raymond)/01%3A_Waves_in_One_Dimension/1.07%3A_Thin_FilmsSecond, it turns out that an additional phase shift of half a wavelength occurs upon reflection when the wave is incident on material with a higher index of refraction than the medium in which the inc...Second, it turns out that an additional phase shift of half a wavelength occurs upon reflection when the wave is incident on material with a higher index of refraction than the medium in which the incident beam is immersed. If the light is not normally incident on the film, the difference in the distances traveled between beams reflected off of the front and rear faces of the film will not be just twice the thickness of the film.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/Physics_9B_Fall_2020_Taufour/03%3A_Physical_Optics/3.05%3A_Thin_Film_InterferenceLight slows as it goes from vacuum into transparent media, and like all waves, it is partially reflected when changing media. This can result in yet another interference phenomenon.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Introductory_Physics_II_(1112)/11%3A_Physical_Optics/11.14%3A_Thin_Film_InterferenceThe bright colors seen in an oil slick floating on water or in a sunlit soap bubble are caused by interference. The brightest colors are those that interfere constructively. This interference is betwe...The bright colors seen in an oil slick floating on water or in a sunlit soap bubble are caused by interference. The brightest colors are those that interfere constructively. This interference is between light reflected from different surfaces of a thin film; this effect is known as thin film interference. Interference effects are most prominent when light interacts with something having a size similar to its wavelength. A thin film is one having a thickness smaller than a few times the wavelengt
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/College_Physics/College_Physics_1e_(OpenStax)/27%3A_Wave_Optics/27.07%3A_Thin_Film_InterferenceThe bright colors seen in an oil slick floating on water or in a sunlit soap bubble are caused by interference. The brightest colors are those that interfere constructively. This interference is betwe...The bright colors seen in an oil slick floating on water or in a sunlit soap bubble are caused by interference. The brightest colors are those that interfere constructively. This interference is between light reflected from different surfaces of a thin film; this effect is known as thin film interference. Interference effects are most prominent when light interacts with something having a size similar to its wavelength. A thin film is one having a thickness smaller than a few times the wavelengt
