A biological quarter-wave retarder with excellent achromaticity in the visible wavelength region

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 641-644

  Roberts, N W ^a,b   Chiou, T H ^c   Marshall, N J ^c   Cronin, T W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISM; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; FORM BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; THEORETICAL MODELLING; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

ANIMALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 70350782224     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.189     Document Type: Article

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