Title :
Iridescent Coleoptera as templates for fabrication of versatile SiO2/TiO2 multilayer mirrors and filters
Author :
Deparis, Olivier ; Vandenbem, Cédric ; Welch, Victoria ; Rassart, Marie ; Lousse, Virginie ; Vigneron, Jean-Pol ; De Vriendt, Valérie ; Lucas, Stéphane
Author_Institution :
Fac. Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur
Abstract :
We report on reflectance of SiO2/TiO2 multilayer films deposited on glass substrate by dc magnetron sputtering. We show how radically different visual aspects (quantified by chromaticity coordinates) can be obtained using the same materials but different bio-inspired multilayer designs.
Keywords :
bio-inspired materials; glass; mirrors; multilayers; optical filters; optical multilayers; silicon compounds; sputtering; titanium compounds; SiO2-TiO2; dc magnetron sputtering; glass substrate; multilayer films; versatile multilayer mirrors; Biological materials; Biomedical optical imaging; Electron optics; Fabrication; Mirrors; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386600