ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Based on the Mueller matrix approach, we have successfully designed and constructed a highly sensitive instrument for measuring optical birefringence (LB) by using a polarization modulation method and phase-sensitive technique. Our instrument can measure the retardation of a sample up to 10-2 radian. Using this instrument, we have measured the residual birefringence of thermosetting resins, CR-39 resin and epoxy resin, for opticaldisk substrates. CR-39 resin results are summarized as follows: (1) Annealing is very effective in reducing LB of samples; (2) samples prepared from raw material 2 (monomer purity, 96%, oligomer, 4%) have smaller LB than those from raw material 1 (monomer purity, 99.9%); and (3) annealed samples prepared from 2 satisfy the requirement on LB to be used as optical-disk substrates. For epoxy resin: (1) “Second curing” largely reduces LB of samples; (2) “slow cooling” is more effective in reducing LB of samples than “fast cooling;” (3) after the second curing, cutting does not induce any residual stress birefringence in samples; and (4) slow-cooled samples have good optical properties to be used as optical disk substrates.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1991.070430414
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