The image-forming mirror in the eye of the scallop
Palmer, Benjamin A. ; Taylor, Gavin J. LU
; Brumfeld, Vlad
; Gur, Dvir
; Shemesh, Michal
; Elad, Nadav
; Osherov, Aya
; Oron, Dan
; Weiner, Steve
and Addadi, Lia
(2017)
In Science
358(6367).
p.1172-1175
- Abstract
Scallops possess a visual system comprising up to 200 eyes, each containing a concave mirror rather than a lens to focus light. The hierarchical organization of the multilayered mirror is controlled for image formation, from the component guanine crystals at the nanoscale to the complex three-dimensional morphology at the millimeter level. The layered structure of the mirror is tuned to reflect the wavelengths of light penetrating the scallop’s habitat and is tiled with a mosaic of square guanine crystals, which reduces optical aberrations. The mirror forms images on a double-layered retina used for separately imaging the peripheral and central fields of view. The tiled, off-axis mirror of the scallop eye bears a striking resemblance to... (More)
Scallops possess a visual system comprising up to 200 eyes, each containing a concave mirror rather than a lens to focus light. The hierarchical organization of the multilayered mirror is controlled for image formation, from the component guanine crystals at the nanoscale to the complex three-dimensional morphology at the millimeter level. The layered structure of the mirror is tuned to reflect the wavelengths of light penetrating the scallop’s habitat and is tiled with a mosaic of square guanine crystals, which reduces optical aberrations. The mirror forms images on a double-layered retina used for separately imaging the peripheral and central fields of view. The tiled, off-axis mirror of the scallop eye bears a striking resemblance to the segmented mirrors of reflecting telescopes.
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- Palmer, Benjamin A.
; Taylor, Gavin J.
LU
; Brumfeld, Vlad
; Gur, Dvir
; Shemesh, Michal
; Elad, Nadav
; Osherov, Aya
; Oron, Dan
; Weiner, Steve
and Addadi, Lia
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- publishing date
- 2017-12-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- in
- Science
- volume
- 358
- issue
- 6367
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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- scopus:85036509045
- pmid:29191905
- wos:000416584000038
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.aam9506
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 0cf8adfc-7a65-40dc-a3f0-7e37c2aa64b1
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