A second kind of light

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Rea, Mark ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CIRCADIAN SYSTEM; NEURAL CELLS; OPTICAL RADIATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS (IPRGC);

LIGHT;

EID: 33751571489     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.17.10.000034     Document Type: Article

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