Article
Experimental Observation of Total-Internal-Reflection Rainbows
Applied Optics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-20-2003
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Abstract
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.
DOI
10.1364/AO.42.000406
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Citation Information
Adler, Charles L., James A. Lock, Jonathon Mulholland, Brian Keating, and Diana Ekelman. "Experimental Observation of Total-Internal-Reflection Rainbows." Applied Optics 42 (2003): 406-411.