Optics in nature: structural colours

Andrew R. Parker

doi:10.1364/DOMO.2000.DThD1

Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics
OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2000),
paper DThD1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/DOMO.2000.DThD1

Optics in nature: structural colours

Andrew R. Parker

Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics 2000

Québec City Canada
18–22 June 2000
ISBN: 1-55752-635-4

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A. R. Parker, "Optics in nature: structural colours," in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics , T. Li, ed., Vol. 41 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2000), paper DThD1.

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Abstract

Animal structural colours can involve highly sophisticated optical devices that are the result of millions of years of evolution (“trial and error”). Considering modern nanotechnology, they may have potential value in commerce and physics today.

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