Spectral anomalies near phase singularities in reflection at Brewster's angle and colored castastrophes
Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 16, pp. 1863-1865 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.001863
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Abstract
The anomalous behavior of a polychromatic beam reflected from the interface of two homogeneous dielectric media at the neighborhood of Brewster’s angle is investigated theoretically and examined experimentally. An explicit expression is derived for the spectrum at an arbitrary observation point for a given incident spectrum. By introducing a modifier function it is shown that the spectrum at each point sensitively depends on the observation angle just in the immediate neighborhood of Brewster’s angle and wavelength. Finally, the obtained results are applied to account for the horizontal parts of the supernumerary rainbows.
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OCIS Codes
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
(300.6170) Spectroscopy : Spectra
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: May 13, 2008
Revised Manuscript: June 17, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: June 18, 2008
Published: August 8, 2008
Citation
Mohammad Amiri and Mohammad Taghi Tavassoly, "Spectral anomalies near phase singularities in reflection at Brewster's angle and colored castastrophes," Opt. Lett. 33, 1863-1865 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-16-1863
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