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Rainbows, water droplets, and seeing—slow motion analysis of experiments in atmospheric optics |
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 28, pp. F21-F28 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.000F21
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Abstract
Many physics processes underlying phenomena in atmospheric optics happen on a rather short time scale such that neither the human eye nor video cameras are able to analyze the details. We report applications of high-speed imaging of laboratory experiments in atmospheric optics with subsequent slow motion analysis. The potential to study respective transient effects is investigated in general and for a few phenomena in detail, in particular for rainbow scattering due to single oscillating droplets during free fall, and for light propagation effects through atmospheric paths with turbulences, leading, e.g., to scintillation of stars or shimmering of mirage images.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(010.0010) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric and oceanic optics
(010.1290) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric optics
(110.0115) Imaging systems : Imaging through turbulent media
History
Original Manuscript: May 19, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 11, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 11, 2011
Published: August 19, 2011
Citation
Michael Vollmer and Klaus-Peter Möllmann, "Rainbows, water droplets, and seeing—slow motion analysis of experiments in atmospheric optics," Appl. Opt. 50, F21-F28 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-28-F21
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