• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 4, 042902 (2017)
Xuecheng Wu1、*, Haoyu Jiang1, Kailin Cao1, Yingchun Wu1、2, Can Li1, Gérard Gréhan2, Sawitree Saengkaew2, and Kefa Cen1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Lab of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 2CNRS UMR 6614/CORIA, Saint Etienne du Rouvray BP12 76801, France
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.042902 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xuecheng Wu, Haoyu Jiang, Kailin Cao, Yingchun Wu, Can Li, Gérard Gréhan, Sawitree Saengkaew, Kefa Cen. Self-calibrated global rainbow refractometry: a dual-wavelength approach[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(4): 042902 Copy Citation Text show less
    Typical global rainbow curves under two wavelengths: (a) distributions of the light intensity on the pixel number and (b) distributions of the light intensity on the scattering angle by calibration.
    Fig. 1. Typical global rainbow curves under two wavelengths: (a) distributions of the light intensity on the pixel number and (b) distributions of the light intensity on the scattering angle by calibration.
    Simulated RMS errors between the preset refractive indices and the ones from the rainbow signal inversion with different preset values of RI and a preset temperature for the deionized water spray under two wavelengths (532 and 632.8 nm) at 25°C (RI=0.47).
    Fig. 2. Simulated RMS errors between the preset refractive indices and the ones from the rainbow signal inversion with different preset values of RI and a preset temperature for the deionized water spray under two wavelengths (532 and 632.8 nm) at 25°C (RI=0.47).
    Optical setup of the self-calibrated global rainbow system.
    Fig. 3. Optical setup of the self-calibrated global rainbow system.
    (a) Original global rainbow image of a spray of deionized water and images of separated dual-wavelength signals under the wavelengths of (b) 532 and (c) 632.8 nm.
    Fig. 4. (a) Original global rainbow image of a spray of deionized water and images of separated dual-wavelength signals under the wavelengths of (b) 532 and (c) 632.8 nm.
    Global rainbow curves of a spray of deionized water: dual-wavelength distributions of scattered light intensity.
    Fig. 5. Global rainbow curves of a spray of deionized water: dual-wavelength distributions of scattered light intensity.
    Polychromatic global rainbow images of ethanol-water solutions with volume concentrations from 10% to 60% in steps of 10%.
    Fig. 6. Polychromatic global rainbow images of ethanol-water solutions with volume concentrations from 10% to 60% in steps of 10%.
    Comparison of the measured refractive index by the methods of mirror calibration and self-calibration with the theoretical data for the ethanol-water solutions at 20°C.
    Fig. 7. Comparison of the measured refractive index by the methods of mirror calibration and self-calibration with the theoretical data for the ethanol-water solutions at 20°C.
    Xuecheng Wu, Haoyu Jiang, Kailin Cao, Yingchun Wu, Can Li, Gérard Gréhan, Sawitree Saengkaew, Kefa Cen. Self-calibrated global rainbow refractometry: a dual-wavelength approach[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(4): 042902
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