Johnsen The Optics of Life

A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4066-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnsen, Sönke

Johnsen, Sonke

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter One Introduction 1

Chapter Two Units and Geometry 8

Chapter Three Emission 31

Chapter Four Absorption 75

Chapter Five Scattering 116

Chapter Six Scattering with Interference 151

Chapter Seven Fluorescence 181

Chapter Eight Polarization 203

Chapter Nine Measuring Light 237

Chapter Ten What Is Light, Really? 271

Appendix A Converting Spectral Irradiance to Lux 287

Appendix B Calculating the Absorbance Spectrum of a Visual Pigment 290

Appendix C?Refractive Indices of Common Substances 292

Appendix D Optical Properties of Very Clear Water 293

Appendix E?Optical Properties of Natural Waters 295

Appendix F?Useful Formulas 297

Appendix G Equipment and Software Suppliers 302

Bibliography 307

Index 319

Über Autor(innen)

Sönke Johnsen is associate professor of biology at Duke University.