Qualitative correlation between structural chirality through the cuticle of Chrysina aurigans scarabs and left-handed circular polarization of the reflected light

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2632-2645

  Hernandez Jimenez M ^a   Azofeifa, D E ^a   Libby, E ^a   Barboza Aguilar, C ^a   Solis A ^b   Arce Marenco, L ^a   Garcia Aguilar I ^a   Hernandez A ^a   Vargas, W E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POLARIZATION;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NON-COHERENT LIGHT; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION SPECTRA; STRUCTURAL CHIRALITY; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION;

EID: 84920181496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.4.002632     Document Type: Article

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