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CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS IN THE HUMAN CATARACTEOUS LENS OBSERVABLE WITH POLARIZED LIGHT
Author(s) -
WIDAKOWICH JOHANNES
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1982.tb06747.x
Subject(s) - optics , liquid crystal , lens (geology) , circular polarization , polarized light microscopy , observable , human eye , materials science , physics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , microstrip
Liquid crystals of the cholesteric order can be made visible in the live human eye by the use of polarized light. This is demonstrated in 3 photographs of the same cataracteous lens made on the same occasion with unpolarized, circularly polarized and linearly polarized light.