Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Interference
  2: Double-slit experiment: wavelike nature of light
  3: Double-slit experiment: wavelength of light
  4: Double-slit experiment: white light
  5: Interactive checkpoint: double-slit experiment
  6: Double-slit experiment: intensity of light
  7: Sample problem: width of bright fringes
  8: Interactive problem: double-slit interference pattern
  9: Phasors and interference
10: Michelson interferometer
11: Phase changes in reflection
12: Thin-film interference
13: Thin-film equations
14: Interactive checkpoint: a soap film in air
15: Thin-film interference: air wedge
16: Sample problem: antireflective coating
17: Gotchas
18: Summary

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