Multiple Choice
Yellow light is viewed by reflection from a thin vertical soap film. Let be the wavelength of the light within the film. Why is there a large dark space at the top of the film?
A) no light is transmitted through this part of the film
B) the film thickness there is /4
C) the light reflected from exactly one of the two surfaces undergoes a 180 phase change
D) the film is too thick in this region for thin film formulas to apply
E) the reflected light is in the infrared
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