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Dr Kenny Weir

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Reader in Photonics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7501k.weir

 
 
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Location

 

636BBlackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{McCall:2017:10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.100,
author = {McCall, MW and Carter, IE and Weir, K},
doi = {10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.100},
journal = {Materials Today: Proceedings},
pages = {4942--4951},
title = {Investigation of the variation of near-circular polarization in Scarabaeoidea beetles},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.100},
volume = {4},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Variation in the reflection of circularly polarized light (CP) of a substantial number of beetles, of both the Hybosoridae and Scarabaeidae families, is discussed. Classifications of the spectral shapes were made for Cetonia aurata aurata beetles, which were related to variations within the chiral chitin structure and have been computationally modelled. It was seen that single peaked spectra were not the predominant spectral shape and that more complex structures are responsible for the spectra observed. Two structural perturbations methods to the single pitched structure are proposed to be responsible for the more complex spectral shapes. Further CP analysis of the genus rutelinae:Chrysina was undertaken with variations in broadband reflection observed within the optima species.
AU  - McCall,MW
AU  - Carter,IE
AU  - Weir,K
DO  - 10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.100
EP  - 4951
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2214-7853
SP  - 4942
TI  - Investigation of the variation of near-circular polarization in Scarabaeoidea beetles
T2  - Materials Today: Proceedings
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.100
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/58723
VL  - 4
ER  -
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