Evolutionary Optics: How Mantis Shrimps Enhance Photoreception and Signaling Effectiveness

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2021-07-26

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Cronin, Thomas W. “Evolutionary Optics: How Mantis Shrimps Enhance Photoreception and Signaling Effectiveness.” In OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 (2021), Paper NoW1D.1, NoW1D.1. Optica Publishing Group, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1364/NOMA.2021.NoW1D.1.The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:periodical: OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 (2021), paper NoW1D.1

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Circular polarization
Form birefringence
Photonic crystals
Polarization control
Polarizers
Three dimensional reconstruction

Abstract

Mantis shrimps (stomatopod crustaceans) have evolved numerous adaptations in their photoreceptors and in body structures used to produce visual signals. Novel optical structures exist at microscales and nanoscales, often operating by previously unknown optical mechanisms.