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How can a greater than 1 reflectance coefficient be explained in $\rm SiC$-$\rm SiO_2$ interface?

I ran a simulation using the Transfer Matrix Method to plot the R,T and A curves for a SiC->SiO2 interface. There's a region of incident energies where the |r|^2 I get is higher than 1 and the ...
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Why are things reflective, absorbent, transparent etc? [duplicate]

What determines whether a material reflects, absorbs or transmits a certain wavelength of light? Just a layman's question.
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Does reflection depend on wavelength?

I'm aware of processes like Rayleigh scattering, Compton scattering and pair production. But as these processes treat light as being particles(?) I'm not sure whether they are helpful to understand ...
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