Testing stress birefringence of an optical window

Chiayu Ai; James C. Wyant

doi:10.1117/12.134857

1 January 1992 Testing stress birefringence of an optical window

Chiayu Ai, James C. Wyant

Proceedings Volume 1531, Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134857
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a method to measure the birefringence of an optical window. The transmitting wavefront includes the contributions from the two surfaces, the material inhomogeneity, and the birefringence. Because of the birefringence, the transmitting wavefront has different profiles for different orientations of polarization of linearly polarized beams. From this difference, the amount of phase difference for the fast and slow axes is obtained. Thus, the birefringence is calculated. With this method, the contributions from the two surfaces and the material inhomogeneity are removed. A laser rod was measured with different methods. The theoretical derivation, comparison of different methods, and experimental results are presented.

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Chiayu Ai and James C. Wyant "Testing stress birefringence of an optical window", Proc. SPIE 1531, Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing II, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134857

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