Reflection Properties of Scarabaeidae

Abstract

Beetles of the scarab family have been found to reflect circularly polarized light from incident unpolarized light. There are many known animals that use polarized light in some form and several that actually create it, but there are few examples of the creation of circularly polarized light in nature. Previous work is summarized, and new measurements of several scarab specimens are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA437788

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  • Dennis H. Goldstein

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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  • Advanced Electronics

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  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Optics
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Polarimeters
  • Polarization
  • Polarizers
  • Reflection
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spectra
  • United States

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