• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 12, 121602 (2015)
Zhensen Wu1、2、*, Qingchao Shang1, Tan Qu1, Zhengjun Li1, and Lu Bai1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Information Sensing and Understanding at Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.121602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhensen Wu, Qingchao Shang, Tan Qu, Zhengjun Li, Lu Bai. Geometric optics interpretation for rainbow scattering of a chiral sphere[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(12): 121602 Copy Citation Text show less
    Light interaction with chiral interface. (a) Achiral–chiral interface. (b) Chiral–achiral interface.
    Fig. 1. Light interaction with chiral interface. (a) Achiral–chiral interface. (b) Chiral–achiral interface.
    Light interaction with the chiral sphere. (a) AC and its following traces. (b) AB and its following traces.
    Fig. 2. Light interaction with the chiral sphere. (a) AC and its following traces. (b) AB and its following traces.
    Final ray traces in the chiral sphere.
    Fig. 3. Final ray traces in the chiral sphere.
    Rainbow angles compared with analytical solutions. a=500λ, εr=1.7689, μr=1.0 (i.e., nc=1.33), and κ=0.08. (a) E-plane. (b) H-plane.
    Fig. 4. Rainbow angles compared with analytical solutions. a=500λ, εr=1.7689, μr=1.0 (i.e., nc=1.33), and κ=0.08. (a) E-plane. (b) H-plane.
    Variation of rainbow angles with chirality.
    Fig. 5. Variation of rainbow angles with chirality.
    Effects of refractive index of the chiral sphere.
    Fig. 6. Effects of refractive index of the chiral sphere.
    Zhensen Wu, Qingchao Shang, Tan Qu, Zhengjun Li, Lu Bai. Geometric optics interpretation for rainbow scattering of a chiral sphere[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(12): 121602
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