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The 12 pages that link to Thin-film interference, each with the reason it gives.

• InterferenceBroader topic: It produces the changing colors seen in soap bubbles and oil films.

• Optical path lengthBroader topic: Reflections acquire phase differences set by the layer’s optical path length.

• IridescenceRelated: Many iridescent coatings arise when reflected waves from neighboring interfaces reinforce different colors at different angles.

• Fabry–Pérot interferometerCompared with: Both depend on phase accumulated between reflecting surfaces, but this cavity uses repeated round trips.

• Structural colorationRelated: Layered structures create color when reflected waves reinforce or cancel at particular wavelengths.

• Fresnel equationsRelated: Fresnel amplitudes at successive boundaries determine the resulting interference.

• Optical coatingRelated: Reflections from coating interfaces reinforce or cancel at selected wavelengths.

• Wave interferenceBroader topic: Reflections acquire path and phase changes that create colors or alternating brightness.

• LabradoriteCompared with: It can resemble labradorescence, but labradorite’s colors arise within the mineral rather than a surface film.

• Newton's ringsNarrower topic: The changing air-film thickness between lens and plate creates the alternating fringes.

• Indium tin oxideRelated: Film thickness and reflections affect indium tin oxide's visible-light transmission.

• Anti-reflective coatingNarrower topic: Reflections from the coating’s two boundaries cancel when their phase difference is appropriate.