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Homework Statement
A soap bubble is essentially a very thin film of water (n=1.33) surrounded by air. The colors thata you see in the soap bubbles are produced by interference.
Derive an expression for the wavelengths for which constructive interference casues a strong reflection from a soap bubble of thickness d.
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The Attempt at a Solution
2pi* m = 2pi*2d/(lambda/n) + intial phi = phase shift
In this case, when the light reflects off the bubble, the wave is shifted by pi, but when the waves go through the bubble reflect at the second water-air interface, the waves aren't shifted by pi, so the initial phase difference is equal to pi
2pi*m = 2pi*2dn/lambda + pi
pi(2m-1) = 4pi*dn/lambda
.5(m-.5) = dn/lambda
lambda= 2.66d/(m-.5) Is this right?