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: Michelson interferometer
  7: Phase changes in reflection
  8: Thin-film interference
  9: Thin-film equations
10: Interactive checkpoint: a soap film in air
11: Thin-film interference: air wedge
12: Sample problem: antireflective coating
13: Gotchas
14: Summary

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