Iridescence and nano-structure differences in papilio butterflies

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1087-1092

  Tam, H L ^a   Cheah, K W ^a   Goh, David T P ^b   Goh, Joseph K L ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Penang Butterfly Farm ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC MATRICES; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL SPECTRA; IRIDESCENT COLORS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; REFLECTION SPECTRA;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84884199750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001087     Document Type: Article

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