Non-polarizing broadband multilayer reflectors in fish.
Non-polarizing broadband multilayer reflectors in fish.
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10.1038/nphoton.2012.260
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2012-11
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Dielectric multilayer reflectors that are non-polarizing are an important class of optical device and have numerous applications within optical fibres, dielectric waveguides and LEDs. Here we report analyses of a biological non-polarizing optical mechanism found in the broadband guanine-cytoplasm “silver” multilayer reflectors of three species of fish. Present in the fish stratum argenteum are two populations of birefringent guanine crystal, each with their optic axes either parallel to the long axis of the crystal or perpendicular to the plane of the crystal. This arrangement neutralizes the polarization of reflection due the different interfacial Brewster’s angles of each population. The fish reflective mechanism is distinct from existing non-polarizing mirror designs with the important feature that there is no refractive index contrast between the low index layers in the reflector and the external environment. It is a mechanism that could be readily manufactured and exploited in synthetic optical devices.
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DOI:
10.1098/rspa.1995.0144
发表时间:
1995-12-08
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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作者:
McKenzie, DR;Yin, YB;McFall, WD
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McFall, WD
影响因子:
35
作者:
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通讯作者:
Cronin, T. W.
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作者:
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BERREMAN, DW
DOI:
10.1017/s0025315400016532
发表时间:
1965-01-01
影响因子:
1.2
作者:
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NICOL, JAC
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Gessmann, T;Schubert, EF;Karnutsch, C
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Karnutsch, C