Simulating human photoreceptor optics using a liquid-filled photonic crystal fiber

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-551

  Rativa, Diego ^a   Vohnsen, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CONE PHOTORECEPTORS; CRYSTAL FIBER; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; RETINA MODELS; STILES-CRAWFORD EFFECT; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WAVEGUIDE COUPLING; WAVEGUIDE PARAMETER;

VISION;

EID: 84856880177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.2.000543     Document Type: Article

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