Research on birefringence optical path difference superimposition by photo-elastic principle and spectrometric method

Yang, Xiaoyu; Heng, Yuekun; Chen, Zhiqiang; Wei, Cunfeng; Zhang, Zhiming; Wei, Long

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2023.129918

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“…𝛼 is the angle between the polarization direction of the polarizer of the measuring equipment and internal stress direction of acrylic. BOPD superimposition was studied and applied in the novel measuring equipment with the help of a quartz multi-level quarter wave plate, which can help extend the lower limit of BOPD measurement [14]. BOPD superimposition mainly examines the total BOPD result of two objects with uniaxial stress.…”

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The novel equipment for measuring internal stress in acrylic

Yang,

Heng,

Chen

et al. 2024

J. Inst.

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Acrylic is widely used in aquariums, windows of planes and submarines, and even scientific experiments like the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). Internal stress has a significant impact on the properties and characteristics of acrylic such as strength, fracture and creep, which is highly concerned and has become a hotspot in research field. The measurement of internal stress is an important issue, which includes two aspects - the calibration of stress-optical coefficient of acrylic and the measurement of birefringence optical path difference (BOPD) caused by internal stress. The measuring equipment mainly realize the measurement of BOPD, and currently have the largest dynamic range of 50–3000 nm. Dynamic range is considered as one of the core performance indicators of measuring equipment, and a larger dynamic range is urgently required to meet the needs of different scenarios. The novel equipment for measuring internal stress in acrylic has been designed and developed based on photo-elastic principle and spectrometric method, which has the dynamic range of 20–12000 nm and the uncertainty of stress measurement better than 3%. The measuring principle, components, functions and measurements of the novel measuring equipment are introduced and discussed in this article.

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