TL;DR
This paper investigates the unique optical properties of bubble axicons, a special type of refracting object, using geometrical optics to understand their relation to axicons, caustics, and related optical phenomena.
Contribution
It introduces the concept of bubble axicons and analyzes their optical behavior, connecting them to known optical effects and phenomena.
Findings
Bubble axicons produce distinctive caustic patterns.
They exhibit a shadow sausage effect similar to other axicons.
Geometrical optics effectively explains their optical properties.
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.
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