Aerogel waveplates

Pradeep Bhupathi; Jungseek Hwang; Rodica M. Martin; Jackson Blankstein; Lukas Jaworski; Norbert Mulders; David B. Tanner; Yoonseok Lee

doi:10.1364/OE.17.010599

Aerogel waveplates

Pradeep Bhupathi, Jungseek Hwang, Rodica M. Martin, Jackson Blankstein, Lukas Jaworski, Norbert Mulders, David B. Tanner, Yoonseok Lee

Physics and Astronomy

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

Optical transmission measurements were made on 98% porosity silica aerogel samples under various degrees of uniaxial strain. Uniaxially compressed aerogels exhibit large birefringence, proportional to the amount of compression, up to the 15% strain studied. The birefringence is mostly reversible and reproducible through multiple compression-decompression cycles. Our study demonstrates that uniaxially strained high porosity aerogels can be used as tunable waveplates in a broad spectral range.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10599-10605
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	17
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.010599
State	Published - 22 Jun 2009

Access to Document

10.1364/OE.17.010599

Cite this

@article{00edfff88c3448e5b53e5f32cd1deed0,

title = "Aerogel waveplates",

abstract = "Optical transmission measurements were made on 98\% porosity silica aerogel samples under various degrees of uniaxial strain. Uniaxially compressed aerogels exhibit large birefringence, proportional to the amount of compression, up to the 15\% strain studied. The birefringence is mostly reversible and reproducible through multiple compression-decompression cycles. Our study demonstrates that uniaxially strained high porosity aerogels can be used as tunable waveplates in a broad spectral range.",

author = "Pradeep Bhupathi and Jungseek Hwang and Martin, \{Rodica M.\} and Jackson Blankstein and Lukas Jaworski and Norbert Mulders and Tanner, \{David B.\} and Yoonseok Lee",

year = "2009",

month = jun,

day = "22",

doi = "10.1364/OE.17.010599",

language = "English",

volume = "17",

pages = "10599--10605",

journal = "Optics Express",

issn = "1094-4087",

publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",

number = "13",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Aerogel waveplates

AU - Bhupathi, Pradeep

AU - Hwang, Jungseek

AU - Martin, Rodica M.

AU - Blankstein, Jackson

AU - Jaworski, Lukas

AU - Mulders, Norbert

AU - Tanner, David B.

AU - Lee, Yoonseok

PY - 2009/6/22

Y1 - 2009/6/22

N2 - Optical transmission measurements were made on 98% porosity silica aerogel samples under various degrees of uniaxial strain. Uniaxially compressed aerogels exhibit large birefringence, proportional to the amount of compression, up to the 15% strain studied. The birefringence is mostly reversible and reproducible through multiple compression-decompression cycles. Our study demonstrates that uniaxially strained high porosity aerogels can be used as tunable waveplates in a broad spectral range.

AB - Optical transmission measurements were made on 98% porosity silica aerogel samples under various degrees of uniaxial strain. Uniaxially compressed aerogels exhibit large birefringence, proportional to the amount of compression, up to the 15% strain studied. The birefringence is mostly reversible and reproducible through multiple compression-decompression cycles. Our study demonstrates that uniaxially strained high porosity aerogels can be used as tunable waveplates in a broad spectral range.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/67649283521

U2 - 10.1364/OE.17.010599

DO - 10.1364/OE.17.010599

M3 - Article

C2 - 19550455

AN - SCOPUS:67649283521

SN - 1094-4087

VL - 17

SP - 10599

EP - 10605

JO - Optics Express

JF - Optics Express

IS - 13

ER -

Aerogel waveplates

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this