Pair of Axicons making a Rainbow Ring

Contributor: Peter Becher

This simulation uses two plano-convex axicons, a white light source and an aperture to create a circular rainbow. Axicons are conical lenses. The incoming white light needs to be a ring which was created by a narrow ring aperture.

Moving the right axicon left and right will change the size of the output rainbow ring.

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Pair of Axicons making a Rainbow Ring