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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: Negative IOR renders
Date: 12 Nov 2025 15:25:00
Message: <web.6914ec56eed96a1c7f81dbac25979125@news.povray.org>
Pretty interesting:

https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-14-5-1842


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From: Ilya Razmanov
Subject: Re: Negative IOR renders
Date: 12 Nov 2025 15:33:31
Message: <6914ef1b$1@news.povray.org>
On 12.11.2025 23:21, Bald Eagle wrote:
> 
> Pretty interesting:
> 
> https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-14-5-1842
> 

Decades ago, when I was a child, I *invented* a lamp of darkness, that 
is, of negative light. Needless to say, decades later, when I first 
found POV-Ray (3.0 was just released), I used it to visualize my 
invention, and, needless to say, POV-Ray worked perfectly.

Now children invent substances where speed of light is higher than the 
speed of light.

I call it "progress".

-- 
Ilyich the Toad
https://dnyarri.github.io/


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From: jr
Subject: Re: Negative IOR renders
Date: 12 Nov 2025 15:45:00
Message: <web.6914f1857ff23e03475fba6a6cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Pretty interesting:
>
> https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-14-5-1842

yes.

(first Buck then Hormann, is there a list ?  :-))


regards, jr.


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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: Re: Negative IOR renders
Date: 12 Nov 2025 15:55:00
Message: <web.6914f40b7ff23e037f81dbac25979125@news.povray.org>
"jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> (first Buck then Hormann, is there a list ?  :-))

Not at present, but there should be.

Maybe Wiki page with sections devoted to POV-Ray "members" who have had things
published, and then just things like papers or journal covers that used POV-Ray
to render the graphics.

- bw


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From: jr
Subject: Re: Negative IOR renders
Date: 12 Nov 2025 16:05:00
Message: <web.6914f5e87ff23e03475fba6a6cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
> > (first Buck then Hormann, is there a list ?  :-))
>
> Not at present, but there should be.
>
> Maybe Wiki page with sections devoted to POV-Ray "members" who have had things
> published, and then just things like papers or journal covers that used POV-Ray
> to render the graphics.

excellent idea, I agree, a page / section listing papers and articles would be
good, make a "fine resource".  write.


regards, jr.


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From: Alain Martel
Subject: Re: Negative IOR renders
Date: 12 Nov 2025 17:15:41
Message: <6915070d$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2025-11-12 à 15:21, Bald Eagle a écrit :
> 
> Pretty interesting:
> 
> https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-14-5-1842
> 
> 
> 
I've tried negative IOR in POV-Ray, and it make the object a perfect 
mirror. ANY IOR <0 result in reflection.


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From: Ilya Razmanov
Subject: Re: Negative IOR renders
Date: 13 Nov 2025 00:23:34
Message: <69156b56$1@news.povray.org>
On 13.11.2025 1:15, Alain Martel wrote:

> I've tried negative IOR in POV-Ray, and it make the object a perfect 
> mirror. ANY IOR <0 result in reflection.

...that's how you invented fiber optics. Now it's time to invent ATR 
spectroscopy ;-)

-- 
Ilyich the Toad
https://dnyarri.github.io/


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