OPTICAL AUTHENTICATION COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAID COMPONENT

摘要

According to one aspect, the invention relates to an optical authentication component visible in reflection comprising an etched structure (23) on a support (20) of index n0, a thin layer (60) of a dielectric material of optical index ni different from n0 deposited on said structure (23), a layer (50) of a material of index n2 close to n0 encapsulating the structure (23) coated with the thin layer (60). The structure (23) exhibits a first pattern (22) modulated by a second pattern, the first pattern (22) being a bas-relief comprising a set of facets (24) whose shapes are determined so as to simulate a relief image of a relief object (10), and the second pattern (26) being a periodic grating determined so as to modulate the first pattern (22) in order to produce, after deposition of the thin layer (60) and encapsulation of said structure (23), a first colour according to a first orientation of observation and a second different colour according to a second orientation of observation obtained by an azimuthal rotation of the component.