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The colours of a soap bubble can be understood with a Michel-Levy chart and thin film interference of a birefringent medium. https://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/fi

by knolan 8y ago

The colours of a soap bubble can be understood with a Michel-Levy chart and thin film interference of a birefringent medium. https://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/arbeitsgruppen/zawischa/static_html/twobeams.html https://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/arbeitsgruppen/zaw... You can observe the same colours in thick plastics under crossed polarisers.

greeneggs 8y ago
Yes, there is also a simple derivation in Boys's classic book, "Soap Bubbles: Their Colors and Forces Which Mold Them", p. 136. [1, 2] [1] pdf link (it is out of copyright): http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/soap-bubbles-boys.pdf http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/soap-bubbles-boys... [2] google books link (free preview), go to the very last page for the color plate