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Optimization of sharp and viewing-angle-independent structural color

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  • Chia Wei Hsu
  • Owen D. Miller
  • Steven G. Johnson
  • Marin Solja?i?

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Structural coloration produces some of the most brilliant colors in nature and has many applications. Motivated by the recently proposed transparent displays that are based on wavelength-selective scattering, here we consider the new problem of transparent structural color, where objects are transparent under omnidirectional broad-band illumination but scatter strongly with a directional narrow-band light source. Transparent structural color requires two competing properties, narrow bandwidth and broad viewing angle, that have not been demonstrated simultaneously previously. Here, we use numerical optimization to discover geometries where a sharp 7% bandwidth in scattering is achieved, yet the peak wavelength varies less than 1%, and the peak height and peak width vary less than 6% over broad viewing angles (0?90°) under a directional illumination. Our model system consists of dipole scatterers arranged into several rings; interference among the scattered waves is optimized to yield the wavelength-selective and angle-insensitive response.

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  • Chia Wei Hsu & Owen D. Miller & Steven G. Johnson & Marin Solja?i?, "undated". "Optimization of sharp and viewing-angle-independent structural color," Working Paper 214101, Harvard University OpenScholar.
    • Handle: RePEc:qsh:wpaper:214101
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