AFM imaging of natural optical structures

Dinara Dallaeva; Pavel Tománek; Elena Prokopyeva; Pavel Kaspar; Lubomír Grmela; Pavel Škarvada

doi:10.1117/12.2176720

7 January 2015 AFM imaging of natural optical structures

Dinara Dallaeva, Pavel Tománek, Elena Prokopyeva, Pavel Kaspar, Lubomír Grmela, Pavel Škarvada

Proceedings Volume 9442, Optics and Measurement Conference 2014; 944209 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176720
Event: Optics and Measurement Conference 2014, 2014, Liberec, Czech Republic

Abstract

The colors of some living organisms assosiated with the surface structure. Irridesence butterfly wings is an example of such coloration. Optical effects such as interference, diffraction, polarization are responsible for physical colors appearance. Alongside with amazing beauty this structure represent interest for design of optical devices. Here we report the results of morphology investigation by atomic force microscopy. The difference in surface structure of black and blue wings areas is clearly observed. It explains the angle dependence of the wing blue color, since these micrometer and sub-micrometer quasiperiodical structures could control the light propagation, absorption and reflection.

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Dinara Dallaeva, Pavel Tománek, Elena Prokopyeva, Pavel Kaspar, Lubomír Grmela, and Pavel Škarvada "AFM imaging of natural optical structures", Proc. SPIE 9442, Optics and Measurement Conference 2014, 944209 (7 January 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176720

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