It is necessary to coat a glass lens with a non-reflecting layer. If the wavelength of the light in the coating is $\lambda$,the best choice is a layer of material having an index of refraction between those of glass and air and a thickness of

$A$ very thin transparent film (like a soap bubble) is viewed in white light. The color of the film appears .......

Dark and colour patterns on thin soap films are due to

$A$ mixture of yellow light of wavelength $580 \ nm$ and blue light of wavelength $450 \ nm$ is incident normally on an air film of thickness $2.9 \times 10^{-4} \ mm$. The colour of reflected light is

The following diagram is an arrangement to view the interference pattern produced by a wedge of liquid between a microscope slide and a glass block. The interference pattern obtained is made of equally spaced parallel fringes. The fringe separation (or fringe width) $\beta$ may be decreased by some of the following actions (Consider one change at a time).

When exposed to sunlight,thin films of oil on water often exhibit brilliant colours due to the phenomenon of