Polarization properties of Scarabaeidae

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 7944-7950

  Goldstein, Dennis H ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

LEFT-HAND CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; SPECTROPOLARIMETRIC REFLECTOMETERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIREFRINGENCE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIREFRINGENCE; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33751373302     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.007944     Document Type: Article

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