Optical response (IMAGE)

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Optical response

Caption

The optical response of the tail portion of a diatom shell is shown. The left image shows the tapered, curvature of the tail. The middle image shows the profile of the confined light propagating longitudinally along the frustule, and the right image shows the transmission spectrum at various points in the tail shown in the left image.

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Santiago Bernal, McGill University

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