Near-infrared spectropolarimeter using an acousto-optic tunable filter

Zhongyang Chen; Jacob B. Khurgin; Jose Lorenzo; Feng Jin; Xiangchun Xiong; Ken Jia; Sudhir B. Trivedi; Jolanta I. Soos; Marion G. Hansen; Charles Russonmanno

doi:10.1117/1.2753503

1 July 2007 Near-infrared spectropolarimeter using an acousto-optic tunable filter

Zhongyang Chen, Jacob B. Khurgin, Jose Lorenzo, Feng Jin, Xiangchun Xiong, Ken Jia, Sudhir B. Trivedi, Jolanta I. Soos, Marion G. Hansen, Charles Russonmanno

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 46, Issue 7, 073605 (July 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2753503

Abstract

The long chain of a polymer molecule often has intrinsic linear birefringence and/or dichroism, which lead to macroscopic properties when the molecules have a preferred orientation under nonequilibrium conditions, such as flow of a polymer melt. Measurements of properties, including linear birefringence, in a polymer melt can in turn lead to valuable insights into its structure, morphology, and rheology. We demonstrate that a spectropolarimeter based on an acousto-optic tunable filter can measure linear birefringence in real time during the manufacture of polymers, at hundreds of wavelengths, within 5 min, and thus provides more information than use of a spectrometer or laser-based polarimetry alone. In this work, optical properties of different molten ethylene vinyl acetate samples were measured with a spectropolarimeter based on an acousto-optic tunable filter and a photoelastic modulator in the near infrared. Regression models of the results indicate good correlation between the melt indices of the samples and the measured spectra.

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Zhongyang Chen, Jacob B. Khurgin, Jose Lorenzo, Feng Jin, Xiangchun Xiong, Ken Jia, Sudhir B. Trivedi, Jolanta I. Soos, Marion G. Hansen, and Charles Russonmanno "Near-infrared spectropolarimeter using an acousto-optic tunable filter," Optical Engineering 46(7), 073605 (1 July 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2753503

Published: 1 July 2007

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