Observation of high-order rainbows formed by a pendant drop

被引：13

作者：

Ng, PH ^{[1
]}

Tse, MY ^{[1
]}

Lee, LK ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Phys, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 1998年 / 15卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1364/JOSAB.15.002782

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

High-order rainbows, up to the 200th order, formed by a pendant water drop and a 50-mW laser beam, have been observed. Some of the characteristics of the high-order rainbows, including angular intensity distributions and angular positions, are reported. Rainbow intensity as a function of order number is also presented. Rainbows beyond the 32nd order have been observed for the first time to our knowledge. Experimental and theoretical results are in reasonable agreement. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America [S0740-3224(98)00411-1].

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页码：2782 / 2787

页数：6

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