Compact Methods for Measuring Stress Birefringence
Abstract
The recent development of channeled spectropolarimetry presents opportunities for spectropolarimetric measurements of dynamic phenomena in a very compact instrument. We present measurements of stress-induced birefringence in a simple plastic by both a reference rotating-compensator spectropolarimeter and a channeled spectropolarimeter. The agreement between the two instruments shows the promise of the channeled technique and provides a proof-of-principle that the method can be used for a very simple conversion of imaging spectrometers into imaging spectropolarimeters.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA456972
Entities
People
- David T. Sass
- Derek S. Sabatke
- Eustace L. Dereniak
- James F. Scholl
- Nathan A. Hagen
- Peter A. Jansson
- Weinong W. Chen
Organizations
- University of Arizona