Main description:

This book documents key developments in the field of complex optical effects in natural biophotonic architectures. It provides a model for inspiration, reviews the current state of the art, and describes and discusses challenges in understanding nature's capabilities to manipulate light. It describes the photonic architecture in the eye system of various insects, its spectral and polarization sensitivity, and functions. It also discusses developments of new optics-based device concepts motivated by natural design.

Contents:

Introduction
Photonic architectures in the Eye
Complex Optical effects in reflective biophotonic architectures: Butterfly
Optical effects in the transparent insect wings
Disordered and quasiordered Photonics
Biophotonic materials, Genetic control and techniques
Biomemetics optical applications in technology
Recent trends and open problems
Summary