title: The absorption of light in an idealized photoreceptor on the basis of waveguide theory. I--The infinite dielectric cylinder.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004735:Energy Transfer; D008027:Light; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*