Control of the birefringence dispersion of an optical polymer by doping with an inorganic crystal

Houran Shafiee, Kota Shikama, Akihiro Tagaya, Ferdinand Hardinghaus, Taichi Miyaji, Karl Köhler, Yasuhiro Koike

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Abstract

The birefringence dispersion of a polymer film was controlled by doping with an inorganic birefringent crystal. Nanosized crystals of strontium carbonate (SrCO3) with a needlelike shape of average length of 192nm were oriented during the preparation of the film by solvent casting, and the contributions of the SrCO3 crystals to the birefringence and to the birefringence dispersion of the composite film were analyzed. A SrCO 3-doped polymer film with reverse birefringence dispersion was fabricated, and the birefringence dispersion of this film was shown to be successfully controlled by the presence of the crystals.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032602
JournalJapanese journal of applied physics
Volume50
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Mar

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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