Detailed experimental analysis of the structural fluorescence in the butterfly Morpho sulkowskyi (Nymphalidae)

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Van Hooijdonk, Eloise ^a,b   Barthou, Carlos ^b   Vigneron, Jean Pol ^a   Berthier, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Color; Fluorescence; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Optical properties; Photonics

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; COMPLEMENTARY FEATURES; EMISSION INTENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT EMISSION; FLUORESCENT MOLECULES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET SOURCES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84861389052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3659147     Document Type: Article

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