Theory of the rainbow
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 69 (8) , 1089-1092
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.69.001089
Abstract
A new theory of the rainbow based on Huygens’s principle is given and compared with the complex angular momentum theory. There is good agreement over a large range of angles and size parameters for both the magnetic and electric polarizations.Keywords
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