MEASUREMENT OF A LIQUID REFRACTIVE-INDEX BY USING HIGH-ORDER RAINBOWS

Authors
CHAN CW LEE WK
Citation
Cw. Chan et Wk. Lee, MEASUREMENT OF A LIQUID REFRACTIVE-INDEX BY USING HIGH-ORDER RAINBOWS, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 13(3), 1996, pp. 532-535
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
532 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1996)13:3<532:MOALRB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
High-order rainbows, formed by a pendant drop, with an order number as high as 32 have been observed, to our knowledge, for the first time. We measured the refractive index of distilled-water drops, with an acc uracy of similar to 2 parts in 10(4), by exploiting some of the high-o rder rainbows. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America