Internal Caustic Structure of Illuminated Liquid Droplets

James A. Lock; Edward A. Hovenac

doi:10.1364/JOSAA.8.001541

Internal Caustic Structure of Illuminated Liquid Droplets

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The internal electric field of an illuminated liquid droplet is studied in detail with the use of both wave theory and ray theory. The internal field attains its maximum values on the caustics within the droplet. Ray theory is used to determine the equations of these caustics and the density of rays on them. The Debye-series expansion of the interior-field Mie amplitudes is used to calculate the wave-theory version of these caustics. The physical interpretation of the sources of stimulated Raman scattering and fluorescence emission within a liquid droplet is then given.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.8.001541
State	Published - Oct 1 1991

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Internal Caustic Structure of Illuminated Liquid Droplets

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