Studies of high-order rainbows and glare points formed by a pendant drop =: 由懸垂液滴形成之高階彩虹及眩光點之硏究.

• Other Authors: Ng, Pak Hong.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Rainbows; Geometrical optics; Wave theory of light
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889681; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-322279

by Ng Pak Hong. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-112). === Text in English; abstract also in Chinese. === by Ng Pak Hong. === Acknowledgments --- p.i === Abstract --- p.ii === Table of contents --- p.iv === Chapter Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- History --- p.2 === Chapter 1.2 --- Airy Theory --- p.4 === Chapter 1.2.1 --- Rainbow angle --- p.4 === Chapter 1.2.2 --- Airy's cubic wave front --- p.4 === Chapter 1.3 --- High-order rainbows --- p.7 === Chapter 1.4 --- Glare points --- p.8 === Chapter 1.5 --- Interference between overlapping rainbows --- p.10 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- HIGH-ORDER RAINBOWS --- p.17 === Chapter 2.1 --- Experiment --- p.17 === Chapter 2.2 --- Results and discussions --- p.19 === Chapter 2.2.1 --- General features --- p.19 === Chapter 2.2.2 --- Angular positions and angular widths of rainbows --- p.21 === Chapter 2.2.3 --- Rainbow intensities as functions of order number --- p.22 === Chapter 2.3 --- Vertical positions of rainbows --- p.24 === Chapter 2.4 --- Vertical spreads of rainbows --- p.26 === Chapter 2.5 --- Rainbow patterns at different values of the refractive index ..… --- p.28 === Chapter 2.6 --- Effect of eccentricity of a droplet's circumference in the equatorial plane on the rainbow angles --- p.30 === Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- GLARE POINTS --- p.56 === Chapter 3.1 --- Experiment --- p.56 === Chapter 3.2 --- Results and discussions --- p.57 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- General features --- p.57 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Glare point position and intensity --- p.58 === Chapter A. --- Glare point position --- p.58 === Chapter B. --- Glare point intensity --- p.61 === Chapter C. --- Summary of results of glare points --- p.62 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Fourier transform of rainbow patterns --- p.63 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- INTERFERENCE BETWEEN OVERLAPPING RAINBOWS --- p.90 === Chapter 4.1 --- Experiment --- p.90 === Chapter 4.2 --- Results and discussions --- p.91 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- General features --- p.91 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- Simulation of the interference --- p.91 === Chapter 4.2.3 --- Estimation of the droplet vibration amplitude and frequency --- p.95 === Chapter 4.3 --- Comparison with results of Lock and Woodruff --- p.96 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- CONCLUSION --- p.107 === APPENDIX A --- p.109 === References --- p.111