Observation and modeling of polarized light from scarab beetles

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

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2418-2425

  Lowrey, Sam ^a   De Silva, Lakshman ^a   Hodgkinson, Ian ^a   Leader, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

AIR-ELYTRON INTERFACE; CHIRAL RESONATORS; SCARAB BEETLES;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 38449112585     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.002418     Document Type: Article

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