Experimental Observation of Total-Internal-Reflection Rainbows

Charles L. Adler; James A. Lock; Jonathon Mulholland; Brian Keating; Diana Ekelman

doi:10.1364/AO.42.000406

Experimental Observation of Total-Internal-Reflection Rainbows

Charles L. Adler, James A. Lock, Jonathon Mulholland, Brian Keating, Diana Ekelman

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A new class of rainbows is created when a droplet is illuminated from the inside by a point light source. The position of the rainbow depends on both the index of refraction of the droplet and the position of the light source, and the rainbow vanishes when the point source is too close to the center of the droplet. Here we experimentally measure the position of the transmission and one-internal-reflection total-internal-reflection rainbows, and the standard (primary) rainbow, as a function of light-source position. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

Original language	American English
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.000406
State	Published - Jan 20 2003

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