Compensation of the birefringence of a polymer by a birefringent crystal

Akihiro Tagaya; Hisanori Ohkita; Masaki Mukoh; Ryuichi Sakaguchi; Yasuhiro Koike

doi:10.1126/science.1086966

Compensation of the birefringence of a polymer by a birefringent crystal

Akihiro Tagaya, Hisanori Ohkita, Masaki Mukoh, Ryuichi Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Koike

Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics

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We report a method for compensating the birefringence of optical polymers by doping them with inorganic birefringent crystals. In this method, an inorganic birefringent material is chosen that has the opposite birefringence to that of the polymer and has rod-shaped crystals that are oriented when the polymer chains are oriented. The birefringence of the polymer is thus compensated by the opposing birefringence of the crystal. Birefringence is minimized in various polymer optical devices by adjusting process conditions, because it degrades the performance of devices. This method minimizes it, independent of process conditions, which potentially improves the productivity of devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	812-814
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	301
Issue number	5634
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1086966
Publication status	Published - 2003 Aug 8

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