thin-film interference

English

WOTD – 11 February 2012

Light reflects from the top of the puddle of gasoline and the bottom, causing thin-film interference for some wavelengths.

Pronunciation

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Noun

thin-film interference (countable and uncountable, plural thin-film interferences)

1. (uncountable, optics) The interference of light caused by its reflection from both boundaries of a thin film of a transparent material.
2. (countable, optics) An instance of this interference.

See also

• thin-film interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia