EP4121299A1 - Élément de sécurité plat présentant des caractéristiques de sécurité optique - Google Patents

Élément de sécurité plat présentant des caractéristiques de sécurité optique

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EP4121299A1
EP4121299A1 EP21712759.6A EP21712759A EP4121299A1 EP 4121299 A1 EP4121299 A1 EP 4121299A1 EP 21712759 A EP21712759 A EP 21712759A EP 4121299 A1 EP4121299 A1 EP 4121299A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
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    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/328—Diffraction gratings; Holograms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
    • B42D25/364—Liquid crystals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
    • B42D25/378—Special inks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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  • the invention relates to a planar security element with optical security features, comprising at least one first surface area with a first subwavelength structure, the structural elements which define the first subwavelength structures being repeated periodically in the plane of the security element.
  • the periodic repetition can take place in one direction, that is to say in one dimension, for example when a structural element comprises a straight wall and several such walls are periodically arranged next to one another.
  • the periodic repetition can take place in two directions, that is, in two dimensions, for example when a structural element comprises a column and several columns are arranged in a grid, or if a structural element includes a depression and several depressions are arranged in a grid.
  • the flat security element has a so-called basic element structure in a first surface area, which conveys different color impressions in a top view of the front and back due to the subwavelength structure, and also the basic element structure in a second surface area, but in a form mirrored to the first surface area, whereby the first and The second area shows a motif in a plan view from both sides, but the motif cannot be seen when looking through it.
  • a first variant now discloses a basic lattice structure in the first surface area and an inverted basic lattice structure in the second surface area.
  • a substrate with mutually inverted interference coatings in the first and in the second surface area is shown.
  • DE 102012015900 A1 thus makes it possible due to the two different surface areas with a basic element structure that is inverted to one another in plan view, i.e. when it is reflected on a surface of the security element, to convey a motif by means of two different color impressions.
  • the starting point of the invention is a planar security element with optical security features, comprising at least one first surface area with a first subwavelength structure, the structural elements defining the first subwavelength structure repeating periodically in the plane of the security element.
  • the first sub-wavelength structure is additionally provided with an interference coating to generate a color-shift effect at least a portion of the first surface area.
  • the color shift effect is that the color impression changes with the viewing angle, i.e. the interference coating changes color depending on the viewing angle.
  • This additional interference coating causes a further change in the color effect, which is caused by the subwavelength structure. Since the effects due to the sub-wavelength structure and the interference coating are superimposed, this cumulative effect is difficult to produce by other methods, which increases the security against forgery of the security element according to the invention.
  • interference coating for generating a color shift effect is understood here in particular to be a thin-layer arrangement which brings about a color shift effect by means of thin-film interference.
  • Security elements based on thin-film interference are known from EP 1 558449 A, for example.
  • One Interference coating for generating a color-shift effect hereinafter referred to as interference coating for short, generally consists of at least two sub-layers: a dielectric layer and an absorber layer.
  • An additional reflective layer on the other side of the dielectric layer that is to say opposite the absorber layer with respect to the dielectric layer, reflects electromagnetic waves, here light in the visible range, and thus intensifies the interference effect.
  • the dielectric layer serves as a spacer layer, optionally between the reflective layer and the absorber layer. The color shift effect occurs when the interference coating is viewed from the side of the absorber layer, that is, when light falls through the absorber layer onto the dielectric layer.
  • dielectric materials with a refractive index less than or equal to 1.65 come into question, e.g. aluminum oxide (Al 2 0 3 ), metal fluorides, e.g. magnesium fluoride (MgF 2 ), aluminum fluoride (AIF 3 ), silicon oxide (SiO x ) , Silicon dioxide (Si0 2 ), cerium fluoride (CeF 3 ), sodium aluminum fluoride (e.g.
  • Na 3 AIF 6 or NasALF-u Na 3 AIF 6 or NasALF-u
  • neodymium fluoride NaF 3
  • lanthanum fluoride LaF 3
  • samarium fluoride SmF 3
  • barium fluoride BaF 2
  • calcium fluoride CaF 2
  • lithium fluoride LiF
  • low refractive index organic monomers and / or low refractive index organic polymers.
  • dielectric materials with a refractive index greater than 1.65 can also be used, e.g. zinc sulfide (ZnS), zinc oxide (ZnO), titanium dioxide (Ti0), carbon (C), indium oxide (In 2 0 3 ), Indium tin oxide (ITO), tantalum pentoxide (Ta 2 0 5 ), cerium oxide (Ce0 2 ), yttrium oxide (Y 2 0 3 ), europium oxide (Eu 2 0 3 ), iron oxides such as iron (II, III) oxide (Fe 3 0) and iron (III) oxide (Fe 2 0 3 ), hafnium nitride (HfN), hafnium carbide (HfC), hafnium oxide (Hf0 2 ), lanthanum oxide (La 2 0 3 ), magnesium oxide (MgO), neodymium oxide (Nd 2 0 3 ), praseodymium oxide (ZnS), zinc oxide (ZnO),
  • a metallic layer can be used as the absorber layer of the interference coating, this being a pure metal layer, for example may or a layer containing metallic clusters.
  • the absorber layer preferably comprises at least one metal from the group consisting of aluminum, gold, titanium, vanadium, cobalt, tungsten, niobium, iron, molybdenum, palladium, platinum, chromium, silver, copper, nickel, tantalum, tin and / or their alloys, for example gold / palladium, copper / nickel, copper / aluminum or chromium / nickel.
  • a metallic layer can optionally be used as the reflective layer of the interference coating, which preferably has at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gold, chromium, silver, copper, tin, platinum, nickel and their alloys, for example nickel / chromium or copper / aluminum . It is also conceivable that the reflective layer contains a semiconductor such as silicon. Finally, it is also conceivable that the reflective layer is produced by applying a printing ink with metallic pigments, preferably from a metal from the aforementioned group.
  • the reflective layer is applied over the entire surface or in part by known processes such as spraying, vapor deposition, sputtering, or, for example, as printing ink by known printing processes (gravure, flexographic, screen, digital printing), by painting, roller application processes, slot nozzle, dipping (rolldip coating ) or curtain coating and the like.
  • known processes such as spraying, vapor deposition, sputtering, or, for example, as printing ink by known printing processes (gravure, flexographic, screen, digital printing), by painting, roller application processes, slot nozzle, dipping (rolldip coating ) or curtain coating and the like.
  • HRI layers High Refractive Index layers
  • Such HRI layers have, for example, dielectric materials with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.65, e.g.
  • ZnS zinc sulfide
  • ZnO zinc oxide
  • TiO titanium dioxide
  • carbon C
  • indium oxide In 2 0 3
  • indium Tin oxide ITO
  • tantalum pentoxide Ti 2 0 5
  • cerium oxide Ce0 2
  • yttrium oxide Y 2 0 3
  • europium oxide Eu 2 0 3
  • iron oxides such as iron (II, III) oxide (Fe 3 0 4 ) and iron (III) oxide (Fe 2 0 3 )
  • hafnium nitride HfN
  • hafnium carbide HfC
  • hafnium oxide Hf0 2
  • lanthanum oxide La 0 3
  • magnesium oxide MgO
  • neodymium oxide Nd 2 0 3
  • praseodymium oxide Pr 6 On
  • samarium oxide Sm 2 0 3
  • antimony trioxide Si carbide
  • cholesteric liquid crystal layers combined with a dark, preferably black, printed layer or metallization can also be used as an interference coating to produce a color shift effect.
  • printing layers with interference pigments or liquid-crystalline pigments can also be used as an interference coating to produce a color shift effect.
  • the feature that the first subwavelength structure of at least a partial area of the first surface area is additionally provided with an interference coating to generate a color shift effect means that the interference coating can only partially or completely cover this first surface area. If only a partial area of the first surface area is provided with an interference coating, two different colors can be seen in the first surface area. If the entire first surface area is provided with the interference coating, then this appears only in one color at a certain viewing angle, but this is difficult to reproduce for different viewing angles because it changes into a second color at at least one other viewing angle.
  • the invention also includes the fact that there can be several first surface areas with a first subwavelength structure per security element.
  • patterns can be created from several separate pattern elements or lettering from several letters. All possible variations of first surface areas are then possible: one or more first surface areas that are completely provided with an interference coating and / or one or more first surface areas that are only partially provided with an interference coating.
  • a flat security element has a small height or thickness compared to its length and width.
  • a flat security element can be, for example, a film or a plate.
  • the flat security element is usually a constant one Have height or thickness.
  • the first and second surfaces, which form the front and rear sides of the security element, will as a rule be planar and be arranged parallel to one another.
  • the subwavelength structures will generally run parallel to the plane of the security element, that is, the directions of the periodic repetition of the structural elements are parallel to the plane of the security element, while the structural elements themselves, such as columns or depressions, can of course also extend normal to the plane of the security element and usually will be.
  • a subwavelength structure is understood here to mean structures which are made up of structural elements which are repeated periodically at least in one plane of the security element, one dimension of the individual structural element being below the wavelength of the light used.
  • the periodic repetition of the structural elements can take place in one direction, that is to say in one dimension, or in two directions, that is to say in two dimensions.
  • Two-dimensional periodic column structures or two-dimensional periodic hole structures for example, as explained in DE 102012 015 900 A1, for example, are known as sub-wavelength structures.
  • the pillars protrude from a layer, while the holes are made by recesses in a layer. In this respect, pillars are the negative form of the holes.
  • the diameter of the column or the hole in the hole structure is less than the wavelength of the light used for illumination, which is usually visible light.
  • the height of the column or the depth of the hole is chosen so that certain wavelengths cancel each other out and so the reflected (and possibly transmitted light) has a different color to the incident light, usually white light. Another possibility would be to generate additional plasmons and thus achieve a further color shift of the light.
  • the subwavelength structures are implemented using thin metal layers. That is, in the case of a column structure, the surfaces of the columns and the area between the columns, which is at the level of the bottom of the columns, carry a metal layer, but not the side surfaces of the columns, insofar as this is possible due to production reasons. Likewise, in the case of hole structures, the areas in which the holes are located and the bottom of the holes would be one Wear a metal layer, but not the walls of the holes, as far as this is possible due to production.
  • the sub-wavelength structure is usually mainly formed by a layer of lacquer, e.g. from UV lacquer, the surface of which is provided with a nanostructure, for example by means of an embossing process.
  • lacquer e.g. from UV lacquer
  • the interference coating according to the invention is then applied to this structured lacquer layer. If this is a thin-film arrangement comprising an absorber layer, a dielectric layer and a reflective layer, the metallic reflective layer could be used to additionally excite surface plasmons. Optionally, a thin dielectric layer can also be applied between the lacquer layer and the metallic reflective layer.
  • the interference coating is not a thin layer arrangement with a dielectric and absorber layer and reflective layer, it would also be conceivable that an additional metal layer is applied to the subwavelength structure to excite surface plasmons - before the interference coating is applied.
  • a thin dielectric layer can also be applied between the lacquer layer and the additional metal layer.
  • the metallic reflective layer or the additional metal layer should preferably be deposited in a directional manner, for example by thermal vapor deposition or sputter deposition.
  • the directional deposition of the metal results in metallic discs at the bottom of the holes or on the pillars, while a perforated film of holes is formed in the rest of the area. Due to the electrical separation of the metal disks and the perforated film, surface plasmons can be excited by incident light. The excitation of the surface plasmons causes increased reflection or absorption in certain spectral regions, which is associated with coloring.
  • the additional metal layer of the sub-wavelength structure can be composed of Al, Cu, Ag, Au, Pd, Pt, Sn, In or their alloys. After the application of the interference coating, the sub-wavelength structure coated with the interference coating can be filled, for example with the same lacquer from which the sub-wavelength structure is built up.
  • the periodicity of the subwavelength structure can be in the range of 200-500 nm, the diameter of the columns or holes or grid openings can be in the range of 100-300 nm.
  • the height of the columns or the depth of the holes can be between 30 and 400 nm, in particular in the range of 150-250 nm, e.g. around 200 nm.
  • the dielectric layer typically has a thickness in the range of 100-500 nm.
  • the thickness of the absorber layer is typically in the range of 5-10 nm 20-50 nm thick. A thickness of less than 20 nm, e.g. 5-10 nm, would also be conceivable, but the reflective property is lower here.
  • the optional additional metal layer for exciting surface plasmons can have a thickness of 5 to 100 nm, preferably a thickness below 40 nm, particularly preferably a thickness below 20 nm, e.g. 5-10 nm.
  • the security element can furthermore also comprise one or more surface areas that have neither a subwavelength structure nor an interference coating. These can then be printed with color and / or information or provided with other security features.
  • a non-structured surface area is adjacent to a first surface area, which does not have a subwavelength structure, but at least in a partial area has the same interference coating as at least a partial area of the first surface area.
  • it's about at least one continuous interference coating is present, which covers both surface areas with a sub-wavelength structure and surface area without a sub-wavelength structure.
  • a single continuous interference coating can cover all first surface areas of a subwavelength structure and all surface areas without a subwavelength structure.
  • the single continuous interference coating can extend over the entire flat security element.
  • a continuous interference coating can be produced more easily than several separate surface areas with an interference coating.
  • the security element comprises, in addition to a first surface area with a first subwavelength structure, at least one second surface area with a second subwavelength structure, the first surface area being arranged next to the second surface area Define sub-wavelength structure and which are repeated periodically in the plane of the security element, are different for both surface areas.
  • the security element comprises, in addition to a first surface area with a first sub-wavelength structure, at least one second surface area with a second sub-wavelength structure, the first surface area being arranged next to the second surface area, the structural elements, which include the first and second Define sub-wavelength structure and which repeat periodically in the plane of the security element, are the same for both surface areas, but are oriented towards a first surface of the security element in the first surface region and are oriented towards a second surface of the security element in the second surface region, which is the first surface opposite is.
  • the second subwavelength structure of the second surface area would be obtained.
  • three different colors can also be generated in incident light, once by the first subwavelength structure of the first surface area, once by the second subwavelength structure of the second surface area and once by the additional interference coating in a partial area of the first surface area.
  • the entire first surface area is covered with the same interference coating, only two different colors can appear for a certain viewing angle, but the color of the first surface area which changes for different viewing angles is difficult to reproduce.
  • the second sub-wavelength structure of at least part of the second surface area is additionally provided with an interference coating for generating a color shift effect is provided.
  • an interference coating for generating a color shift effect.
  • up to four different colors can be generated in incident light for a certain viewing angle, since the partial arrangement of an interference coating also in the second surface area causes a change in the reflected light in this area of the second surface area.
  • the structure of the interference coating can be of the same design for the first and the second surface area, that is to say it can exhibit the same optical behavior. For example, the interference coating could completely fill the first and the second surface area. Then, at a certain viewing angle, the security element would show two colors, each of which is difficult to reproduce.
  • the interference coating in the first area could also have a different layer structure (e.g. a different thickness of the spacer layer) than in the second area, so that the interference coating in the second area produces a different optical behavior and thus a different color than that in the first area.
  • a different layer structure e.g. a different thickness of the spacer layer
  • the first subwavelength structure of a first surface area and / or optionally the second subwavelength structure of a second surface area have two or more different interference coatings next to one another to produce a color shift effect.
  • the term “different interference coatings” is to be understood in such a way that they each achieve a different color effect.
  • the different interference coatings can be constructed according to the same principle, for example they could all comprise a thin-film arrangement with at least an absorber layer and a dielectric layer, but differ in the material and / or thickness of the dielectric layer.
  • the different interference coatings can use different principles, for example one interference coating comprises a thin-film arrangement, another Interference coating a cholesteric liquid crystal layer or layers with interference pigments or liquid crystalline pigments.
  • first and second surface areas can therefore directly adjoin one another, which enables the creation of a coherent forgery-proof motif, or they can be arranged at a distance from one another, which enables additional security features to be attached between the two surface areas.
  • the first surface area is arranged at a distance from the second surface area, with an unstructured surface area which does not have a subwavelength structure lying between the first and second surface area.
  • the structural elements which define the first and second subwavelength structure comprise columns or holes and the plane of the top surfaces of the columns in the first surface area corresponds to the plane of the surrounding surfaces of the columns in the second surface area, or that the The plane of the bottoms of the holes in the first surface area corresponds to the plane of the surrounding surfaces of the holes in the second surface area.
  • the interference coating is applied directly to the subwavelength structure at least in a surface area.
  • the interference coating is usually applied directly to the sub-wavelength structure.
  • the subwavelength structure can also be applied to the interference coating. In both cases, there are no further layers between the sub-wavelength structure and the interference coating, the sub-wavelength structure and the interference coating are directly adjacent to one another. However, it would also be conceivable for one or more additional layers to be located between the subwavelength structure and the interference coating.
  • the effective depth of the subwavelength structure is smaller than the thickness of the interference coating. The effective depth corresponds to the height of the structural elements.
  • the effective depth is the height of the column; in the case of holes, the effective depth is the depth of the hole.
  • the thickness of the interference coating corresponds to the sum of the thicknesses of the dielectric layer and the absorber layer. In the case of a thin-film arrangement with a reflective layer, the thickness of the interference coating corresponds to the sum of the thicknesses of the dielectric layer, absorber layer and reflective layer.
  • the security element according to the invention generally has a carrier substrate on which the subwavelength structure and the interference coating are applied.
  • the carrier substrates are, for example, transparent carrier films, preferably flexible plastic films, for example made of polyimide (PI), polypropylene (PP), monoaxially oriented polypropylene (MOPP), biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene (PE), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) ), Polyetherketone (PEK), polyethyleneimide (PEI),
  • the carrier films can be transparent, translucent, semi-opaque or opaque.
  • the carrier substrate preferably has a thickness of 5-700 ⁇ m, preferably 5-200 ⁇ m, particularly preferably 5-50 ⁇ m.
  • the security element containing the subwavelength structure and the interference coating can also be surface-treated, coated or laminated on one or both surfaces, for example coated or laminated with plastics, or lacquered in order to protect the security features present on the security element against mechanical, physical and / or to protect chemical influences.
  • a protective lacquer layer can, for example, be based on nitrocellulose, acrylates and their copolymers, polyamides and their copolymers, polyvinyl chlorides and their copolymers or consist of a crosslinking lacquer.
  • the security element can be provided with an adhesive layer on one or both sides in order to enable it to be fixed on or in a data carrier or documents of value. This adhesive layer can either be in the form of a heat-seal, cold-seal or self-adhesive coating.
  • the security features according to the invention which are formed by subwavelength structures and interference coatings, can be applied to the carrier substrate in order to form the security element.
  • This security element can then, before or after a surface treatment, be assembled and at least partially embedded as a strip, thread or patch in a data carrier or a value document or applied to a data carrier or a value document.
  • the invention also includes a data carrier or a value document, e.g. a bank note, which has a security element according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a flat security element according to the invention, still without an interference coating
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the security element from FIG. 1 with an interference coating
  • FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section through the security element from FIG. 2 according to section line A-A
  • 4 shows a longitudinal section through a security element according to the invention with two subwavelength structures and an interference coating
  • 5 shows a longitudinal section through a security element according to the invention with two mutually inverted subwavelength structures and an interference coating.
  • Fig. 1 shows the plan view of a flat security element 4, which is rectangular here.
  • a first surface area 1 it has a first subwavelength structure.
  • No sub-wavelength structure is provided in the adjoining surface area; it is a non-structured surface area 3.
  • the boundary between the two surface areas 1, 3 is formed by the diagonal of the rectangle.
  • an interference coating 5 is now applied in a rectangular part of the security element 4, but not in the remaining part of the security element 4, see FIG. 2, where an interference coating 5 covers slightly more than the right half of the security element 4 on the right.
  • the interference coating 5 here has the same properties everywhere, that is to say it is an interference coating that is common and identically configured for both surface areas 1, 3.
  • the interference coating 5 thus has the same thickness and the same structure everywhere. In this way, four different color effects can still be achieved.
  • first surface areas 1 with a first sub-wavelength structure can be present on a security element 4, and there can be many separate first surface areas 1 with a first sub-wavelength structure, with a contiguous one between and / or around these first surface areas 1 or many separate, non-structured surface areas 3 can be located.
  • all surface areas 1, 3 can be provided with the same continuous interference coating 5, or only some surface areas 1, 3 can be completely or partially provided with a contiguous, all-over interference coating 5 be covered.
  • several separate areas with interference coating 5 can be provided, which only cover the first surface areas 1 congruently.
  • the area or areas of the interference coating 5 do not completely coincide with the first surface areas 1 and form an independent pattern.
  • the illustrated security element 4 can be part of a value document, for example cover a partial area of a value document.
  • the first subwavelength structure is provided in the first surface area 1. It consists of columns 8 which repeat themselves periodically in two directions with a period P each. Here only the period P can be seen in the direction from left to right in the plane of the drawing. The period in the direction normal to the plane of the drawing can be the same or different from that in the plane of the drawing.
  • the height of the pillars 8 corresponds to the effective depth T of the sub-wavelength structure.
  • the columns 8 can have any cross-section, for example circular, oval, rectangular or square. The cross-section should ideally be constant over the height of the column 8, as far as possible from a production point of view.
  • the dielectric layer 6 is then applied to this reflective layer 13.
  • the absorber layer 7 is applied to the dielectric layer 6.
  • the reflective layer 13 could optionally be omitted.
  • a coating or lamination can then be applied to the absorber layer 7.
  • the generally metallic reflective layer 13 of the interference coating 5 can also stimulate plasmonic effects.
  • the light would fall onto the security element from above, the color effect, which is caused by the subwavelength structure together with the interference coating, would be seen accordingly in the reflected light, i.e. from above.
  • the light could also be incident on the security element from below (if the carrier substrate 12 is transparent); the color effect caused by the subwavelength structure would likewise be seen in the reflected light, that is, from below.
  • a color effect in transmission is not excluded.
  • the fourth surface 4 shows a longitudinal section through a security element 4 which has two different subwavelength structures.
  • the first subwavelength structure is provided in the first surface area 1.
  • a second sub-wavelength structure is provided which differs from the first in that its columns 11 are less high and wide. These columns 11 also repeat themselves periodically in two directions, each with a period which in the plane of the drawing can be the same or different from that normal to the plane of the drawing.
  • the period of the subwavelength structure of the first surface area 1 can be different from that of the second surface area 2.
  • the two surface areas 1, 2 with sub-wavelength structures are separated by a non-structured surface area 3 without sub-wavelength structures. All three surface areas 1-3 are provided with the same interference coating 5.
  • the unstructured surface area 3 could also be omitted, so that the first 1 and second surface area 2 directly adjoin one another. It can further surface areas with a different subwavelength structure can also be provided.
  • FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal section through a security element 4 which has two different subwavelength structures.
  • Both subwavelength structures are built up by the same structural elements, namely columns 11, but here the columns 11, which are periodically repeated in two directions in the plane of the security element 4, are aligned in the first area 1 towards a first surface of the security element 4 and aligned in the second surface area 2 to a second surface of the security element 4, which is opposite the first surface.
  • Both surface areas 1, 2 are provided with the same interference coating 5.
  • the two surface areas 1, 2 with sub-wavelength structures could also be separated by a non-structured surface area 3 without sub-wavelength structures.
  • the sub-wavelength structure of the second surface area 2 corresponds to that from FIG. 4.
  • the sub-wavelength structure of the first surface area 1 is mirrored here to that from the second surface area 2, namely about a horizontal plane here.
  • the columns 11 of the first surface area 1 are directed downwards here and arise when the depressions in the carrier substrate 12 are filled.
  • the plane of the top surfaces 9 of the pillars 11 in the first surface area 1 lie in the plane of the surrounding surfaces 10 of the pillars 11 in the second surface area 1

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La présente invention concerne un élément de sécurité plat (4) présentant des caractéristiques de sécurité optique, comprenant au moins une première zone de surface (1) comportant une première structure de sous-longueur d'onde, les éléments de structure qui définissent la première structure de sous-longueur d'onde se répétant eux-mêmes périodiquement dans le plan de l'élément de sécurité (4). L'invention vise à mettre au point un motif facile à produire présentant une meilleure protection contre la falsification au moyen d'au moins deux empreintes de couleur différentes. Selon l'invention, la première structure de sous-longueur d'onde d'au moins une zone partielle de la première zone de surface (1) est en outre pourvue d'un revêtement d'interférence (5) pour créer un effet de changement de couleur.
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