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Metallic Butterfly Wing Scales

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In the twentieth century, the understandings of materials’ properties deepened to an electronic level. Present technologies have realized the control of the electron motion in media, based on the advances in semiconductor physics. This in turn leads to a rapid development in electronics and information technologies (Moore’s law). However, an information processor needs high speed and capacity while the capacity of an electronic device is limited. As Moore’s law might be approaching its limits, scientists are seeking for alternative strategies to satisfy the rapidly increased application demands. One of the most promising solutions is to use photons as information carriers to replace electrons. Over the past decades, great efforts have been spent in seeking ways to effectively control light propagation within materials. These studies have opened up a new research field; nanophotonics.

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