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I think I have reached the limit.

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iso rivolta Senior Member • Posts: 1,023
Re: I think I have reached the limit.
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SigmaTog wrote:

Very nice, something I need to aim for & similar magnification.
Can I guess this is a stack ?
I am interested in seeing the structure on a Green Jewel Beetle that gives it its iridescence, it is called 'Structural Colour'.
The surface is similar to a diffraction grating & reflects particular colours depending on the size of the pattern.

For seeing the cuticle structure that creates green constructive interference in jewel beetles, the method of choice is scanning electron microscopy in metalized thin transverse sections of cuticle. You will not see the structure that creates light interference using light (meaning similar wavelengths). The space between cuticle layers in a multilayer reflector is on the order of the wavelength, for green about 550 nm.

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