Disordered animal multilayer reflectors and the polarization and localization of light

Multilayer reflectors consisting of 'stacks' of alternating layers of guanine crystals with cytoplasm gaps are present in many different animals including fish and spiders. Common to these reflectors is high birefringence in the guanine crystals and disorder in thickness of the layers in t...

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Main Author: Jordan, Thomas M.
Published: University of Bristol 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.665176