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Photoreceptor Optics

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  • © 1975

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Editors:
  1. Allan W. Snyder

    1. Department of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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  2. Randolf Menzel

    1. Fachbereich Biologie, Zoologie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, 61 Darmstadt, W.Germany

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction to Photoreceptor Optics — An Overview

    1. Introduction to Photoreceptor Optics — An Overview

      • Randolf Menzel, Allan W. Snyder
      Pages 1-13

  3. Photoreceptor Waveguide Optics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Vertebrate Rod Receptors Are Directionally Sensitive

      • Jay M. Enoch
      Pages 17-37

    3. Photoreceptor Optics — Theoretical Principles

      • Allan W. Snyder
      Pages 38-55

    4. Waveguide Mode Effects, Birefringence and Dichroism in Fly Photoreceptors

      • Kuno Kirschfeld, Allan W. Snyder
      Pages 56-77

    5. Physiological Optics of the Fused Rhabdom

      • Gary D. Bernard
      Pages 78-97

    6. Sampling of the Visual Environment by the Compound Eye of the Fly: Fundamentals and Applications

      • Nicolas Franceschini
      Pages 98-125

    7. A.6 Optical Qualities of the Fly Eye — An Approach from the Side of Geometrical, Physical and Waveguide Optics

      • Doekele G. Stavenga
      Pages 126-144

    8. Theory of the Stiles-Crawford Effect of the Second Kind

      • Colin Pask, Allan W. Snyder
      Pages 145-158

    9. Angular Sensitivity of Lens-Photoreceptor Systems

      • Colin Pask, Allan W. Snyder
      Pages 159-166

    10. Optical Interaction between Retinal Receptors

      • Wopke Wijngaard, H. Heyker
      Pages 167-174

    11. The Function of the Nonguided Light in Some Explanations of the Stiles-Crawford Effects

      • Wopke Wijngaard, J. van Kruysbergen
      Pages 175-183

    12. Light Absorption in an Idealised Photoreceptor on the Basis of Waveguide Theory

      • Werner Fischer, Rainer Röhler
      Pages 184-195

  4. Membrane and Dichroism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Birefringence, Dichroism and Rod Outer Segment Structure

      • Paul A. Liebman
      Pages 199-214

    3. The Role of the Photoreceptor Membrane in Photoreceptor Optics

      • F. G. Gribakin, V. I. Govardovskii
      Pages 215-236

    4. Membranes, Dichroism and Receptor Sensitivity

      • Simon B. Laughlin, Randolf Menzel, Allan W. Snyder
      Pages 237-259

  5. Photopigment, Membrane and Dichroism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Photoregeneration and the Adaptation Process in Insect Photoreceptors

      • Kurt Hamdorf, Joachim Schwemer
      Pages 263-289
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The above consideration indicates that at present many of the experi­ mental facts on PS in animals can be quantitatively explained within the limits of the "universal" photoreceptor membrane concept. Of course, existence of preferential orientation of the absorbing dipoles in the tubuli of the rhabdomeres can not be totally rejected. We hope that the concept of the "universal" photoreceptor membrane may serve as the useful instrument when dealing with newly discovered properties of visual cells so that true mechanisms of electrical and optical coupling will be searched for instead of assumptions being made on additional properties of the photoreceptor membrane in every new animal under study. 5. Absorption Spectrum of the Universal Photoreceptor Membrane and Spectral Sensitivity of the Photoreceptor 5. 1 Preliminary Notes It seems nearly self-evident that the absorption spectrum of the pho­ toreceptor membrane coincides exactly with that of the visual pigment it contains. Hence, the membrane must exhibit three bands of absorp­ tion - the principal band with its peak within the limits of visible spectrum (or a-peak); the secondary band between 340 and 380 nm (S­ peak); and the third, protein band, in the ultraviolet (UV) at 280 nm (COLLINS et al. , 1952). The main peak of absorption is located within the range 433-575 nm for retinol-based pigments and between 438 and 620 nm for 3-dehydroretinol-based pigments, the position of Amax de­ pending on many ecological factors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Allan W. Snyder

  • Fachbereich Biologie, Zoologie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, 61 Darmstadt, W.Germany

    Randolf Menzel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photoreceptor Optics

  • Editors: Allan W. Snyder, Randolf Menzel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80934-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-80936-1Published: 10 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-80934-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 526

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Applications of Mathematics

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