Measurement of the wavelength dependence of birefringence for optical disk substrates

Zheng Fu; M. Mansuripur; Stephen Lam

doi:10.1364/AO.33.007406

Measurement of the wavelength dependence of birefringence for optical disk substrates

Zheng Fu, M. Mansuripur, Stephen Lam

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The in-plane and vertical biréfringence of polycarbonate plastic substrates of optical disks are measured for wavelengths between 360 and 860 nm, which covers the full range of interest for blue as well as for the current red and infrared recording. It is found that the biréfringence generally decreases as the measurement wavelength is increased. In a typical case, the in-plane birefringence, Δn goes from 1.7 × 10^-5 to 1.2 × 10^-5, and the vertical birefringence, Δ^⊥ drops from 7.5 × 10^-4 to 5.7 × 10^-4 in the wavelength range from 360 to 860 nm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7406-7411
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	33
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.33.007406
State	Published - Nov 1994

Keywords

Lung tissue
Optical properties
Tissue optics

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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