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_id: '4831'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Polarization of light is essential for some living organisms and many optical
    applications. Here, an orientation dependent polarization conversion effect is
    reported for light reflected from diamond‐structure‐based photonic crystals (D‐structure)
    inside the scales of a beetle, the weevil Entimus imperialis. When linearly polarized
    light propagates along its 〈100〉 directions, the D‐structure behaves analogous
    to a half‐wave plate in reflection but based on a different mechanism. The D‐structure
    rotates the polarization direction of linearly polarized light, and reflects circularly
    polarized light of both handednesses without changing it. This polarization effect
    is different from circular dichroism occurring in chiral biological photonic structures
    discovered before. The structural origin of this effect is symmetry breaking inside
    D‐structure's unit cell. This finding demonstrates that natural photonic structures
    can exploit multiple functionalities inherent to the design principles of their
    structural organization. Aiming at transferring the inherent polarization effect
    of the biological D‐structure to technically realizable materials, three simplified
    biomimetic structural models are derived and it is theoretically demonstrated
    that they retain the effect. Out of these structures, functioning woodpile structure
    prototypes are fabricated.
author:
- first_name: Xia
  full_name: Wu, Xia
  last_name: Wu
- first_name: Fernando L.
  full_name: Rodríguez-Gallegos, Fernando L.
  last_name: Rodríguez-Gallegos
- first_name: Marie-Christin
  full_name: Heep, Marie-Christin
  last_name: Heep
- first_name: Bertram
  full_name: Schwind, Bertram
  last_name: Schwind
- first_name: Guixin
  full_name: Li, Guixin
  last_name: Li
- first_name: Helge-Otto
  full_name: Fabritius, Helge-Otto
  last_name: Fabritius
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: von Freymann, Georg
  last_name: von Freymann
- first_name: Jens
  full_name: Förstner, Jens
  id: '158'
  last_name: Förstner
  orcid: 0000-0001-7059-9862
citation:
  ama: Wu X, Rodríguez-Gallegos FL, Heep M-C, et al. Polarization Conversion Effect
    in Biological and Synthetic Photonic Diamond Structures. <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>.
    2018;6(24):1800635. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635">10.1002/adom.201800635</a>
  apa: Wu, X., Rodríguez-Gallegos, F. L., Heep, M.-C., Schwind, B., Li, G., Fabritius,
    H.-O., … Förstner, J. (2018). Polarization Conversion Effect in Biological and
    Synthetic Photonic Diamond Structures. <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>, <i>6</i>(24),
    1800635. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635">https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Wu_Rodríguez-Gallegos_Heep_Schwind_Li_Fabritius_von Freymann_Förstner_2018,
    title={Polarization Conversion Effect in Biological and Synthetic Photonic Diamond
    Structures}, volume={6}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635">10.1002/adom.201800635</a>},
    number={24}, journal={Advanced Optical Materials}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Wu,
    Xia and Rodríguez-Gallegos, Fernando L. and Heep, Marie-Christin and Schwind,
    Bertram and Li, Guixin and Fabritius, Helge-Otto and von Freymann, Georg and Förstner,
    Jens}, year={2018}, pages={1800635} }'
  chicago: 'Wu, Xia, Fernando L. Rodríguez-Gallegos, Marie-Christin Heep, Bertram
    Schwind, Guixin Li, Helge-Otto Fabritius, Georg von Freymann, and Jens Förstner.
    “Polarization Conversion Effect in Biological and Synthetic Photonic Diamond Structures.”
    <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i> 6, no. 24 (2018): 1800635. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635">https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635</a>.'
  ieee: X. Wu <i>et al.</i>, “Polarization Conversion Effect in Biological and Synthetic
    Photonic Diamond Structures,” <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>, vol. 6, no. 24,
    p. 1800635, 2018.
  mla: Wu, Xia, et al. “Polarization Conversion Effect in Biological and Synthetic
    Photonic Diamond Structures.” <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>, vol. 6, no. 24,
    Wiley, 2018, p. 1800635, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800635">10.1002/adom.201800635</a>.
  short: X. Wu, F.L. Rodríguez-Gallegos, M.-C. Heep, B. Schwind, G. Li, H.-O. Fabritius,
    G. von Freymann, J. Förstner, Advanced Optical Materials 6 (2018) 1800635.
date_created: 2018-10-24T11:50:29Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:01:26Z
ddc:
- '530'
department:
- _id: '61'
doi: 10.1002/adom.201800635
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intvolume: '         6'
issue: '24'
keyword:
- tet_topic_phc
- tet_topic_bio
language:
- iso: eng
page: '1800635'
project:
- _id: '53'
  name: TRR 142
- _id: '56'
  name: TRR 142 - Project Area C
- _id: '74'
  name: TRR 142 - Subproject C4
publication: Advanced Optical Materials
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2195-1071
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: Polarization Conversion Effect in Biological and Synthetic Photonic Diamond
  Structures
type: journal_article
user_id: '158'
volume: 6
year: '2018'
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