Amplification of High-Order Rainbows of a Cylinder with an Elliptical Cross Section
Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 9, pp. 1527-1533 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.001527
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Abstract
The intensity of high-order rainbows for normally incident light and certain rotation angles of a cylinder with an elliptical cross section is greatly amplified with respect to the intensity for a circular cross-sectional cylinder. The amplification is due to a number of the internal reflections occurring past the critical angle for total internal reflection, and the effect is especially strong for odd-order rainbows, beginning with the third order. Experimentally, the fourth- and the fifth-order rainbows of a nearly elliptical cross-sectional glass rod were observed and analyzed.
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OCIS Codes
(090.5640) Holography : Rainbow holography
(290.0290) Scattering : Scattering
Citation
James A. Lock, Charles L. Adler, Bradley R. Stone, and Patrick D. Zajak, "Amplification of High-Order Rainbows of a Cylinder with an Elliptical Cross Section," Appl. Opt. 37, 1527-1533 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-37-9-1527
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