Photoreceptor Optics

to Photoreceptor Optics - An Overview.- Section A. Photoreceptor Waveguide Optics.- A.1 Vertebrate Rod Receptors Are Directionally Sensitive.- A.2 Photoreceptor Optics - Theoretical Principles.- A.3 Waveguide Mode Effects, Birefringence and Dichroism in Fly Photoreceptors.- A.4 Physiological Optics of the Fused Rhabdom.- A.5 Sampling of the Visual Environment by the Compound Eye of the Fly: Fundamentals and Applications.- A.6 Optical Qualities of the Fly Eye - An Approach from the Side of Geometrical, Physical and Waveguide Optics.- A.7 Theory of the Stiles-Crawford Effect of the Second Kind.- A.8 Angular Sensitivity of Lens-Photoreceptor Systems.- A.9 Optical Interaction between Retinal Receptors.- A.10 The Function of the Nonguided Light in Some Explanations of the Stiles-Crawford Effects.- A.11 Light Absorption in an Idealised Photoreceptor on the Basis of Waveguide Theory.- Section B. Membrane and Dichroism.- B.1 Birefringence, Dichroism and Rod Outer Segment Structure.- B.2 The Role of the Photoreceptor Membrane in Photoreceptor Optics.- B.3 Membranes, Dichroism and Receptor Sensitivity.- Section C. Photopigment, Membrane and Dichroism.- C.1 Photoregeneration and the Adaptation Process in Insect Photoreceptors.- C.2 Dark Regeneration of Invertebrate Visual Pigments.- C.3 Photokinetics and Dichroism of Visual Pigments in the Photoreceptors of Eledone (Ozoena) moschata.- C.4 The Photochemical Equilibrium in Rhabdomeres of Eledone and Its Effect on Dichroic Absorption.- Section D. Polarisation Sensitivity and Dichroism.- D.1 The Optics of Polarization Sensitivity.- D.2 Polarisation Sensitivity in Insect Eyes with Fused Rhabdoms.- D.3 Polarisation Sensitivity of Twisted Fused Rhabdoms.- D.4 The Polarization Sensitivity - Dichroic Absorption Paradox in ArthropodPhotoreceptors.- D.5 Electron Microscopic Investigations on the Structure of the Photoreceptor Cells in the Compound Eye of Ascalaphus macaronius. (Insecta: Neuroptera). (Preliminary Note).- Section E. Photomechanical Responses of Photoreceptors.- E.1 Mechanisms of Photomechanical Movement.- E.2 Properties and Functions of Screening Pigments in Insect Eyes.- Section F. Electrophysiology of Photoreceptors.- F.1 Arthropod Receptor Optics.- F.2 Receptor Function in the Apposition Eye. An Electrophvsiological Approach.- F.3 Membrane Structure and Transduction Mechanism of Visual Receptors.