Experimental method for reliably establishing the refractive index of buprestid beetle exocuticle

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 4351-4358

  Noyes, J A ^a   Vukusic, P ^a   Hooper, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BUPRESTID BEETLE EXOCUTICLE; CHRYSOCHROA RAJA; LINEAR POLARIZATIONS; OPTICAL DATA SETS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34147098959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004351     Document Type: Article

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