The Nature of Light: A Historical Survey

Hoenich, P. K.

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“…Review of Kitab al-Manazir and De aspectibus over the past century has typically focused on the physics of light and eye anatomy as presented in Volumes II and III, without much comment on visual perception. [42][43][44][45] Building upon Ptolemy's observations of binocular vision, Ibn al-Haytham confirmed objects in the center of vision are seen more clearly than those located peripherally and that color vision is diminished in the periphery. 46,47 Ibn al-Haytham described afterimages and visual masking of dimmer objects by a brighter object.…”

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“…[63][64][65] De aspectibus arrived too late to influence Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253) who studied the optics of Plato and Euclid at Oxford University, and as with all medieval philosophers, his work was greatly flavored by religion. [66][67][68] The first European scholar to significantly benefit from Ibn al-Haytham's explanation of light and vision was Roger Bacon (1214-1294), who followed Grosseteste at Oxford by a generation. 69 De aspectibus presented the first structured study in Europe detailing Ibn al-Haytham's procedures and observations, basically a 'how-to' instructional lab manual.…”

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Ibn al-Haytham, the Arab who brought Greek optics into focus for Latin Europe

McQuaid¹

2019

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Ibn al-Haytham remains an unknown figure in the development of optics from the ancient Greeks to Latin Europe. He put to rest the idea of visual rays being emitted from the eye, demonstrating vision occurs by intromission of light rays to the eye. Through observational experimentation he characterized the behavior of light and described many visual phenomena that are now considered visual perception. Ibn al-Haytham’s most significant work, Kitab al-Manazir was written in the eleventh century and was translated to Latin, as De aspectibus during the middle of the thirteenth century. Its introduction to Latin Europe stimulated the study of optics within the nascent universities of Europe and provided a model to conduct experiments and influenced natural philosophers for centuries.

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Section: Contributions To Visual Perceptionmentioning

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Section: European Scholastics and Perspectivist Opticsmentioning

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Ibn al-Haytham, the Arab who brought Greek optics into focus for Latin Europe

McQuaid¹

2019

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“…Visual inputs play a crucial role in how humans perceive the external environment, which drives our long-term obsession of the information acquisition of light. [1,2] From a large perspective, light is an electromagnetic wave that contains several fundamental elements such as intensity, wavelength, phase and polarization, while only the intensity within a limited range of wavelengths (≈390-760 nm) can be interpreted by us without the help of external aids. [2,3] In the past few decades, people have gradually realized the importance of multielement extraction of light.…”

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“…[1,2] From a large perspective, light is an electromagnetic wave that contains several fundamental elements such as intensity, wavelength, phase and polarization, while only the intensity within a limited range of wavelengths (≈390-760 nm) can be interpreted by us without the help of external aids. [2,3] In the past few decades, people have gradually realized the importance of multielement extraction of light. More extraction will provide us with more opportunities to understand the world.…”

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Low‐Dimensional‐Materials‐Based Photodetectors for Next‐Generation Polarized Detection and Imaging

Xin,

Zhong,

Shi

et al. 2023

Advanced Materials

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The vector characteristics of light and the vectorial transformations during its transmission lay a foundation for polarized photodetection of objects, which broadens the applications of related detectors in complex environments. With the breakthrough of low‐dimensional materials (LDMs) in optics and electronics over the past few years, the combination of these novel LDMs and traditional working modes is expected to bring new development opportunities in this field. Here, we mainly focus on the state‐of‐the‐art progress of LDMs as polarization‐sensitive components in polarized photodetection and even the imaging, with emphasis on the relationship between traditional working principle of polarized photodetectors (PPs) and photoresponse mechanisms of LDMs. Particularly, from the view of constitutive equation, the existing works are reorganized, reclassified and reviewed. The perspectives on the opportunities and challenges are also discussed. We hope that this work can provide a more general overview in the use of LDMs in this field, sorting out the way of related devices for “more than Moore” or even the “beyond Moore” research.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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Polarimetry for Bionic Geolocation and Navigation Applications: A Review

Dong

et al. 2023

Remote Sensing

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Polarimetry, which seeks to measure the vectorial information of light modulated by objects, has facilitated bionic geolocation and navigation applications. It is a novel and promising field that provides humans with a remote sensing tool to exploit polarized skylight in a similar way to polarization-sensitive animals, and yet few in-depth reviews of the field exist. Beginning with biological inspirations, this review mainly focuses on the characterization, measurement, and analysis of vectorial information in polarimetry for bionic geolocation and navigation applications, with an emphasis on Stokes–Mueller formalism. Several recent breakthroughs and development trends are summarized in this paper, and potential prospects in conjunction with some cutting-edge techniques are also presented. The goal of this review is to offer a comprehensive overview of the exploitation of vectorial information for geolocation and navigation applications as well as to stimulate new explorations and breakthroughs in the field.

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The Nature of Light: A Historical Survey

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Ibn al-Haytham, the Arab who brought Greek optics into focus for Latin Europe

Ibn al-Haytham, the Arab who brought Greek optics into focus for Latin Europe

Low‐Dimensional‐Materials‐Based Photodetectors for Next‐Generation Polarized Detection and Imaging

Polarimetry for Bionic Geolocation and Navigation Applications: A Review

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