Single-scale spectroscopy of structurally colored butterflies: Measurements of quantified reflectance and transmittance

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-141

  Yoshioka, Shinya ^a   Kinoshita, Shuichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPY;

BUTTERFLIES; SINGLE SCALE SPECTROSCOPY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FORELIMB; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLORIMETRY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WING;

EID: 31344460796     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000134     Document Type: Article

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