Visible light reflection spectra from cuticle layered materials

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-100

  Campos Fernández, Cristian ^a   Azofeifa, Daniel E ^a   Hernández Jiménez, Marcela ^a   Ruiz Ruiz, Adams ^a   Vargas, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZED; LAYERED MATERIAL; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NORMAL INCIDENCE; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTION SPECTRA; SELECTIVE REFLECTION; TRANSFER MATRIXES; VISIBLE LIGHT; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; LIGHT;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 84862134322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000085     Document Type: Article

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