Bubble optics
Optics
2020-02-19 v1 Popular Physics
Abstract
Starting from a peculiar image observed below a bubble floating at a water-air interface, the article analyzes several optical properties of these special types of refracting objects (coined \textit{bubble axicons}). Using mainly geometrical optics, their relation to common axicons, the shadow sausage effect and elementary optical catastrophes (caustics) are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1909.04401,
title = {Bubble optics},
author = {Markus Selmke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.04401},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
16 pages, 16 Figures