Butterfly optics exceed the theoretical limits of conventional apposition eyes

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Biological cybernetics

• Publication date

  1987-10-01

• Fields of study

  Physics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/BF00364148
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