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Polarization parameters of cotton leaves from a refraction model

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The Clausius-Mossotti refractive-index equation, derived as solution to Maxwell’s equation for wave propagation through dense media, is shown to explain the equality of transmittance and reflectance for cotton leaves in 1–1.6-µm-wavelength light. A procedure suggested by Feynman is used to derive the polarizability of water and of chlorophyll during light capture by leaves. Application of Clausius-Mossotti’s equation suggest that the presence of water and chlorophyll in chloroplasts could explain light refraction by leaves.

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