Polarization signals in mantis shrimps

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7461, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Chiou, Tsyr Huei ^a,b   Caldwell, Roy L ^c   Roberts, Nicholas ^d   Marshall, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomimetic; biophotonic; birefringent; dichroic; mantis shrimp; polarizer; retarder; signal; stomatopod

Indexed keywords

BIO PHOTONICS; BIREFRINGENT; DICHROIC; MANTIS SHRIMP; POLARIZER; RETARDER; SIGNAL; STOMATOPOD;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; VISION;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 78751610830     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.828492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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