Morpho butterflies wings color modeled with lamellar grating theory

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 567-578

  Gralak, Boris ^a   Tayeb, Gérard ^a   Enoch, Stefan ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS;

COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; LAMELLAR GRATING THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0037829580     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000567     Document Type: Article

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