Photonic Structures Inspired by Nature

• Main Author: Kolle, Mathias (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Unlike most natural colours that are based on pigment absorption, the striking iridescent and intense colouration of many butterflies, birds or beetles stems from the interaction of light with periodic sub-micrometer surface or volume patterns, so called “photonic structures”. These “structural colo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Theoretical Aspects of Photonic Structures
• 2. Structure Colours in Nature
• 3. Materials and Techniques
• 4. Static and Tuneable One-Dimensional Photonic Structures
• 5. Microfabrication of Photonic Structures with Higher Dimensionality
• 6. Mimicry of Papilio blumei's Colourful Wing Scale Structure
• 7. Conclusions and Future Work
• 8. Acknowledgements
• 9. Related Publication.