Quantifying the refractive index dispersion of a pigmented biological tissue using Jamin-Lebedeff interference microscopy

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue SEPTEMBER, 2013, Pages

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a   Leertouwer, Hein L ^a   Wilts, Bodo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption; Chitin; Insect wings; Jones calculus; Kramers Kronig relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889077650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.56     Document Type: Article

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