The technology is based on thin-film physics. Dichroic glass is made in a vacuum chamber, where hot glass is coated with multiple microlayers of metallic oxides (selenium, titanium, manganese and others) that have been vaporized with an electron gun. - [Read more]

Dichroic Glass :: Definition, Properties and Use in Fused Glass Jewelry, Art Jewelry & Art Glass. The multi-colored effect is produced by a process called "thin film physics". Thin-film physics are also responsible for rainbow patterns in a soap bubble, the swirling colors in the thin layer of oil floating in puddle and the dramatic reflections in dragonfly wings. - [Read more]