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@ARTICLE{Wilts:153196,
author = {Wilts, B. D. and Michielsen, K. and De Raedt, H. and
Stavenga, D. G.},
title = {{S}parkling feather reflections of a bird-of-paradise
explained by finite-difference time-domain modeling},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America},
volume = {111},
number = {12},
issn = {1091-6490},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Academy},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-02846},
pages = {4363 - 4368},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Birds-of-paradise are nature’s prime examples of the
evolution of color by sexual selection. Their brilliant,
structurally colored feathers play a principal role in
mating displays. The structural coloration of both the
occipital and breast feathers of the bird-of-paradise
Lawes’ parotia is produced by melanin rodlets arranged in
layers, together acting as interference reflectors. Light
reflection by the silvery colored occipital feathers is
unidirectional as in a classical multilayer, but the
reflection by the richly colored breast feathers is
three-directional and extraordinarily complex. Here we show
that the reflection properties of both feather types can be
quantitatively explained by finite-difference time-domain
modeling using realistic feather anatomies and
experimentally determined refractive index dispersion values
of keratin and melanin. The results elucidate the interplay
between avian coloration and vision and indicate tuning of
the mating displays to the spectral properties of the avian
visual system.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {000},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {411 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods
(POF2-411)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-411},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000333341100020},
pubmed = {pmid:24591592},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1323611111},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/153196},
}