Supernumerary spacing of rainbows produced by an elliptical-cross-section cylinder. I. Theory

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 27, 2000, Pages 5040-5051

  Lock, James A ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RAY TRACING; ROTATION;

SUPERNUMERARY SPACING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0010077813     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.005040     Document Type: Article

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