Abstract
New direct measurement of high optical attenuation rates in polar
bear hairs—2–8 dB/mm in the visible—and reanalysis of the data of
Tributsch et al. [ Sol. Energy Mater. 21, 219
(1990)] seem to rule out the UV waveguiding proposed by Grojean
et al. [ Appl. Opt. 19, 339
(1980)]. The case against fiber-optic polar bear hairs is
summarized, and four conditions are given that any variation of the
model of Grojean et al. would have to satisfy.
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