Comparison of methods for determining linear birefringence

Peter Lampen; Ernst Heiner Korte; A. Blumenberg

doi:10.1117/12.56351

1 March 1992 Comparison of methods for determining linear birefringence

Peter Lampen, Ernst Heiner Korte, A. Blumenberg

Proceedings Volume 1575, 8th Intl Conf on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.56351
Event: Eighth International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, 1991, Lubeck-Travemunde, Germany

Abstract

For the determination of the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices of nematic liquid crystals in the infrared spectral region, a refractometer was developed. It is a critical angle refractometer of the Abbe type, basically usable in the range from n equals 1.3 to 1.8 and from 4000 cm-1 to 700 cm-1. The reliability of the measurements is 1 X 10-3 and the spectral resolution is 1.5%. The values of the refractive index derived from the critical angle are used as anchor points for Kramers-Kronig transformation (KKT) of a transmittance spectrum of the compound.

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Peter Lampen, Ernst Heiner Korte, and A. Blumenberg "Comparison of methods for determining linear birefringence", Proc. SPIE 1575, 8th Intl Conf on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, (1 March 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.56351

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