Polarization parameters of cotton leaves from a refraction model
JOSA A, Vol. 16, Issue 6, pp. 1266-1267 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.16.001266
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Abstract
The Clausius-Mossotti refractive-index equation, derived as solution to Maxwell’s equation for wave propagation through dense media, is shown to explain the equality of transmittance and reflectance for cotton leaves in 1–1.6-μm-wavelength light. A procedure suggested by Feynman is used to derive the polarizability of water and of chlorophyll during light capture by leaves. Application of Clausius-Mossotti’s equation suggest that the presence of water and chlorophyll in chloroplasts could explain light refraction by leaves.
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OCIS Codes
(260.5130) Physical optics : Photochemistry
(290.3030) Scattering : Index measurements
(290.5840) Scattering : Scattering, molecules
Citation
Ranjan S. Muttiah, "Polarization parameters of cotton leaves from a refraction model," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 1266-1267 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-16-6-1266
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