Modeling optical reflectance from chiral micro-mirrors embedded in manuka beetles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5509, Issue , 2004, Pages 15-23

  Hodgkinson, Ian J ^a   De Silva, Lakshman ^a   Murray, Petra ^a   Wu, Qi Hong ^a   Arnold, Matthew ^a   Leader, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chiral reflectors; Manuka beetles; Scarab beetles

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MIRRORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

CHIRAL MICRO-REFLECTORS; CHIRAL REFLECTORS; MANUKA BEETLES; SCARAB BEETLES;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 13244289806     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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