Primary rainbow of high refractive index particle (1.547 < n < 2) has refraction ripples

  • Yingchun Wu
  • , Can Li
  • , Cyril Crua
  • , Xuecheng Wu
  • , Sawitree Saengkaew
  • , Linghong Chen
  • , Gérard Gréhan
  • , Kefa Cen

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Abstract

Primary rainbow (Debye series, p=2) of a common liquid droplet, i.e., water drop, has a smooth Airy rainbow structure, and the superimposed high frequency ripple structures are mostly generated by interference of refraction (p=2) and reflection (p=0). In this work, the primary rainbow (p=2) of a particle with high refractive index (1.547
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-241
Number of pages5
JournalOptics Communications
Volume426
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 May 2018

Keywords

  • Rainbow
  • Scattering
  • Debye series
  • Ripple
  • Droplet
  • Refractive index

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