Invertebrate superposition eyes-structures that behave like metamaterial with negative refractive index

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Stavenga, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angular magnification; F number; Lobster eye

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; SHELLFISH;

ANGULAR MAGNIFICATION; F NUMBER; FOCAL LENGTHS; IMAGE SPACE; LOBSTER EYE; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTIVE SURFACES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84887195922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2006.06010     Document Type: Article

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