Question

The blue-ringed octopus reveals the bright blue rings that give it its name as a warning display (Figure 1). The rings have a stack of reflectin (a protein used for structural color in many cephalopods) plates with index of refraction n = 1.59 separated by cells with index n = 1.37. The plates have thickness 62 nm. What is the longest wavelength, in air, of light that will give constructive interference from opposite sides of the reflecting plates?

Answer 1