Electro-optical composites based on the product of electro-strictive and elasto-optical effects are developed. Layered composites of PbZr1-xTixO3 and polycarbonate are synthesised. Their electro-ptical properties are ...Electro-optical composites based on the product of electro-strictive and elasto-optical effects are developed. Layered composites of PbZr1-xTixO3 and polycarbonate are synthesised. Their electro-ptical properties are studied. The nominal transverse electro-optical coefficient of the composite is observed to be about 3.6 times larger than that of LiNbO3. Experiments and theoretical analyses show that the electro-optical effect of the composite has a strong ＇size effect＇. With the ratio of thickness/length decreasing or the width of elasto-optical phase increasing, the half-wave electric field intensity increases but the transverse electrc-optical coefficient decreases for the layered composite.展开更多
Stress-induced birefringence and modal birefringence of single-mode specialty optical fibers with three stress regions are numerically analyzed by the vector finite element method. Stress distribution and stress-induc...Stress-induced birefringence and modal birefringence of single-mode specialty optical fibers with three stress regions are numerically analyzed by the vector finite element method. Stress distribution and stress-induced birefringence distribution of three kinds of optical fibers with different cross structures are presented and compared, and the influence on the stress- induced birefringence by temperature change are analyzed as well. The results show that the fibers with three-stress regions have a lower linear birefringence, which is very important for the fabrication of the circular polaxization-maintalning fiber with high performance drawn from the same fiber preform by using the spinning method.展开更多
Residual stress induced during manufacturing of injection molded components such as polymethyl methacrylate （PMMA） affects the mechanical and optical properties of these components. These residual stresses can be vi...Residual stress induced during manufacturing of injection molded components such as polymethyl methacrylate （PMMA） affects the mechanical and optical properties of these components. These residual stresses can be visualized and quantified by measuring their birefringence. In this paper, a low birefringence polariscope （LBP） is used to measure the whole-field residual stress distribution of these injection molded specimens. Detailed analytical and experimental study is conducted to quantify the residual stress measurement in these materials. A commercial birefringence measurement system was used to validate the results obtained to our measurement system. This study can help in material diagnosis for quality and manufacturing purpose and be useful for understanding of residual stress in imaging or other anolications.展开更多
Influence of thermal-mechanical properties on the features of the panda polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PMF-) in fabrication process is studied in detail by finite element method (FEM). The stress birefringenc...Influence of thermal-mechanical properties on the features of the panda polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PMF-) in fabrication process is studied in detail by finite element method (FEM). The stress birefringence is 2.13443×10-4 obtained by the static analysis and 2.1269×10-4 by dynamic analysis. The difference in simulation by two methods is around 0.4%. The non-uniformity of stress birefringence in the fiber core is about 1.6%. Predicted results demonstrate that effect of the thermal conductive parameter on fiber thermal stress dominates. The high and uniform stress birefringence in the fiber core is obtained by appropriately selecting suitable stress region area and position.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50977046)
文摘Electro-optical composites based on the product of electro-strictive and elasto-optical effects are developed. Layered composites of PbZr1-xTixO3 and polycarbonate are synthesised. Their electro-ptical properties are studied. The nominal transverse electro-optical coefficient of the composite is observed to be about 3.6 times larger than that of LiNbO3. Experiments and theoretical analyses show that the electro-optical effect of the composite has a strong ＇size effect＇. With the ratio of thickness/length decreasing or the width of elasto-optical phase increasing, the half-wave electric field intensity increases but the transverse electrc-optical coefficient decreases for the layered composite.
基金Project supported by the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No.S30108)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No.08DZ2231100)
文摘Stress-induced birefringence and modal birefringence of single-mode specialty optical fibers with three stress regions are numerically analyzed by the vector finite element method. Stress distribution and stress-induced birefringence distribution of three kinds of optical fibers with different cross structures are presented and compared, and the influence on the stress- induced birefringence by temperature change are analyzed as well. The results show that the fibers with three-stress regions have a lower linear birefringence, which is very important for the fabrication of the circular polaxization-maintalning fiber with high performance drawn from the same fiber preform by using the spinning method.
文摘Residual stress induced during manufacturing of injection molded components such as polymethyl methacrylate （PMMA） affects the mechanical and optical properties of these components. These residual stresses can be visualized and quantified by measuring their birefringence. In this paper, a low birefringence polariscope （LBP） is used to measure the whole-field residual stress distribution of these injection molded specimens. Detailed analytical and experimental study is conducted to quantify the residual stress measurement in these materials. A commercial birefringence measurement system was used to validate the results obtained to our measurement system. This study can help in material diagnosis for quality and manufacturing purpose and be useful for understanding of residual stress in imaging or other anolications.
文摘Influence of thermal-mechanical properties on the features of the panda polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PMF-) in fabrication process is studied in detail by finite element method (FEM). The stress birefringence is 2.13443×10-4 obtained by the static analysis and 2.1269×10-4 by dynamic analysis. The difference in simulation by two methods is around 0.4%. The non-uniformity of stress birefringence in the fiber core is about 1.6%. Predicted results demonstrate that effect of the thermal conductive parameter on fiber thermal stress dominates. The high and uniform stress birefringence in the fiber core is obtained by appropriately selecting suitable stress region area and position.
