Amplification of High-Order Rainbows of a Cylinder with an Elliptical Cross Section

James A. Lock; Charles L. Adler; Bradley R. Stone; Patrick D. Zajak

doi:10.1364/AO.37.001527

Amplification of High-Order Rainbows of a Cylinder with an Elliptical Cross Section

James A. Lock, Charles L. Adler, Bradley R. Stone, Patrick D. Zajak

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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. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.

Original language	American English
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.001527
State	Published - Mar 20 1998

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