Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 13, Issue 12, 121602(2015)

Geometric optics interpretation for rainbow scattering of a chiral sphere

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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    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.
    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.
    Variation of rainbow angles with chirality.
    Effects of refractive index of the chiral sphere.
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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Sep. 11, 2015

    Accepted: Oct. 27, 2015

    Published Online: Sep. 12, 2018

    The Author Email: Zhensen Wu (wuzhs@mail.xidian.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL201513.121602

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