Omnidirectional iridescence via cylindrically-polarized femtosecond laser processing

We report the femtosecond (fs) laser fabrication of biomimetic omnidirectional iridescent metallic surfaces exhibiting efficient diffraction for practically any angle of light incidence. Such diffractive behavior is realized by means of multi-directional low-spatial-frequency, laser-induced periodic...

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Main Authors: Livakas Nikolaos, Skoulas Evangelos, Stratakis Emmanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institue of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2020-05-01
Series:Opto-Electronic Advances
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Online Access:http://www.oejournal.org/article/doi/10.29026/oea.2020.190035