Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-1993
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision
Abstract
I review the theory of the scattering of a Gaussian laser beam by a dielectric spherical particle and give the details for constructing a computer program to implement the theory. Computational results indicate that if the width of the laser beam is much less than the diameter of the particle and if the axis of the beam is incident near the edge of the particle, the fifth-, sixth-, and ninth-order rainbows should be evident in the far-field scattered intensity. I performed an experiment that yielded tentative evidence for the presence of the sixth-order rainbow.
Repository Citation
Lock, James A., "Contribution of High-Order Rainbows to the Scattering of a Gaussian Laser Beam by a Spherical Particle" (1993). Physics Faculty Publications. 4.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/4
Original Citation
Lock, James A. "Contribution of High-Order Rainbows to the Scattering of a Gaussian Laser Beam by a Spherical Particle." Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision 10 (1993): 693-706.
DOI
10.1364/JOSAA.10.000693
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
This paper was published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-10-4-693. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Volume
10
Issue
4
