Microlens arrays in the animal kingdom

Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom)

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Land, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISION;

MICROLENS ARRAYS;

LENSES;

EID: 0031269599     PISSN: 09639659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-9659/6/6/002     Document Type: Article

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