Light extraction: what we can learn from fireflies

Annick Bay; Michaël Sarrazin; Jean Pol Vigneron

doi:10.1117/12.928696

11 October 2012 Light extraction: what we can learn from fireflies

Annick Bay, Michaël Sarrazin, Jean Pol Vigneron

Proceedings Volume 8480, The Nature of Light: Light in Nature IV; 84800G (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928696
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Fireflies lighten up our warm summer evenings. There is more physic behind these little animals than anyone of us could imagine. In this paper we analyze from a physical point of view one structure found on the firefly lantern, the one which best improves light extraction. Moreover, simulations will be done to show why this specific structure may be more effective than a ”human-thought” one.

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Annick Bay, Michaël Sarrazin, and Jean Pol Vigneron "Light extraction: what we can learn from fireflies", Proc. SPIE 8480, The Nature of Light: Light in Nature IV, 84800G (11 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928696

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