Humidity dependence of the birefringence in poly(methyl methacrylate) waveguides
| Autor: | John C. Pincenti, David L. Naylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Waveguide (electromagnetism)
Birefringence Materials science business.industry Materials Science (miscellaneous) Humidity Poly(methyl methacrylate) Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Transverse plane chemistry.chemical_compound Optics chemistry visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Relative humidity Business and International Management Methyl methacrylate business Refractive index |
| Zdroj: | Applied optics. 33(6) |
| ISSN: | 1559-128X |
| Popis: | A humidity-dependent birefringence in a poly(methyl methacrylate) waveguide has been observed. This dependence was determined by coupling both a transverse electric and a transverse magnetic mode into a waveguide and then measuring the relative phase at the output. With this method, values for δ(TM) - δ9(TE) were found within the range of 5-90% relative humidity (RH). From the obtained data, Δ(n(TE) - n(TM))/ΔRH as a function of humidity was calculated and plotted. |
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