Analytic Spectral Integration of Birefringence-Induced Iridescence

dc.contributor.authorSteinberg, Shlomien_US
dc.contributor.editorBoubekeur, Tamy and Sen, Pradeepen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-14T19:24:29Z
dc.date.available2019-07-14T19:24:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractOptical phenomena that are only observable in optically anisotropic materials are generally ignored in the computer graphics. However, such optical effects are not restricted to exotic materials and can also be observed with common translucent objects when optical anisotropy is induced, e.g. via mechanical stress. Furthermore accurate prediction and reproduction of those optical effects has important practical applications. We provide a short but complete analysis of the relevant electromagnetic theory of light propagation in optically anisotropic media and derive the full set of formulations required to render birefringent materials. We then present a novel method for spectral integration of refraction and reflection in an anisotropic slab. Our approach allows fast and robust rendering of birefringence-induced iridescence in a physically faithful manner and is applicable to both real-time and offline rendering.en_US
dc.description.number4
dc.description.sectionheadersSpectral Effects
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forum
dc.description.volume38
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.13774
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659
dc.identifier.pages97-110
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13774
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.1111/cgf13774
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectComputing methodologies → Rendering
dc.subjectApplied computing → Physics
dc.titleAnalytic Spectral Integration of Birefringence-Induced Iridescenceen_US
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