J. Boulenguez

TL;DR: In this paper, the morphological structure and optical properties of the wings of 14 species of Morphidae have been investigated, including Lepidoptera, and two types of optical measurement were performed on the iridescent wings: spectroscopic measurements under various incidences and gonioscopic measurements for a given incidence angle and wavelength.

TL;DR: The scales of many Lepidoptera and the elytra of quite a number of Coleoptera possess specialized micro-and nano-structures that produce special polarization effects as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Lafait et al. as mentioned in this paper applied the principle of plasmons in detail to Gold ruby glass and luster ceramics in more detail due to the complexity of the effects involved: plasmon, scattering, interference between specular reflected light beams and also between scattered beams.

TL;DR: The green iridescent chelicerae of the red-backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni, are investigated, revealing a stack of 86 layers of alternating low and high density materials, identified as air and chitin respectively, suggesting that the stack functions as a multilayer reflector for green.

TL;DR: In this article, a multiscale optical model was developed for predicting the optical properties of the elytra of the longhorn Calothyrza margaritifera by using the Mie theory and solving the Radiative Transfer Equation.