On dispersion in visual photoreceptors
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On dispersion in visual photoreceptors.
An idealized visual pigment absorbance spectrum is used together with a Framers-tionig dispersion relation to calculate the contribution of the visual pigment to the refractive index of the fly photoreceptor. It appears that an absorption coeftcient of OGlO pm’ results in a refractive index variation of less than 5 x IO-*. The effect of this smali variation on waveguide properties of the fly ph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Vision Research
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(75)90006-1