The optical function of changes in the medium surrounding the cockroach rhabdom

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dc.contributor.authorSnyder, Allan W.
dc.contributor.authorHorridge, George Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-24T00:49:22Z
dc.date.issued1972-03
dc.description.abstractIn the dark-adapted eye of the cockroachPeriplaneta, the fused rhabdom is surrounded by a clear watery palisade; in the light-adapted eye this is replaced by pigment. The refractive indices of the rhabdom and its surround have been measured. The physiological effects of this change in structure has been analysed by the electromagnetic theory of light guides. The optical constants are theoretically consistent with the measured tenfold change in sensitivity and changes in acceptance angle of the retinula cells from 6.7 ° ¦(dark-adapted) to 2.4 ° (light-adapted).en_AU
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn0340-7594en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/170678
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_AU
dc.rights© by Springer-Verlag 1972en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of Comparative Physiologyen_AU
dc.subjectRefractive Indexen_AU
dc.subjectPhysiological Effecten_AU
dc.subjectOptical Constanten_AU
dc.subjectLight Guideen_AU
dc.subjectOptical Functionen_AU
dc.titleThe optical function of changes in the medium surrounding the cockroach rhabdomen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage8en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSnyder, Allan W., RSP Administration, CoS Research School of Physics, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHorridge, George Adrian, Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, CoS Research School of Biology, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidHorridge, George Adrian, u690072en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.noteshttps://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/title/1569285585802/24204 The Journal of Comparative Physiology is continued as Journal of Comparative Physiology A: neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology (Ulrichs 24/9/2019)en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume81en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1007/BF00693546en_AU
local.identifier.essn1432-1351en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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