Light extraction from the bioluminescent organs of fireflies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7401, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bay, Annick ^a   Vigneron, Jean Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; External efficiency; Extraction; Fireflies; Lantern; Light source; Photocyte

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX STRUCTURE; EXTERNAL EFFICIENCY; FIREFLIES; FLAT SURFACES; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; INHOMOGENEITIES; LANTERN; LIGHT EXTRACTION; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; PHOTOCYTE; RADIATIVE EMISSIONS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; VISION SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMIMETICS; EXTRACTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LIGHT;

EID: 70350452624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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