Detailed electromagnetic simulation for the structural color of butterfly wings

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4177-4190

  Lee, R Todd ^a   Smith, Glenn S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; EXPOSED SURFACES; INDIVIDUAL FEATURES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; RIDGE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL COLOR;

COLOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FORELIMB; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; WING;

EID: 68149158246     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.004177     Document Type: Article

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