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Application of optical polymers in plastic or hybrid glass-plastic optics

N. SULTANOVA1,* , S. KASAROVA1, I. NIKOLOV2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Mathematics and Physics, University “Assen Zlatarov" - Bourgas, 1 Prof. Yakimov Str., 8010 Bourgas, Bulgaria.
  2. Department of Optics and Spectroscopy, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 5 J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Abstract

We have examined various types of basic and commercial optical polymers. Bulk specimens as well as thin polymer films were investigated to determine their refractive and dispersive properties in the visible and NIR region. Several measuring techniques have been used to obtain extensive refractometric data. On the base of measured results dispersion coefficients, curves, Abbe numbers and thermo-optic coefficients are calculated. A comparison of studied polymers to catalogue glasses is presented to determine the possibility of their integration in hybrid glass-polymer components..

Keywords

Optical polymers, Refractive index, Dispersion curves, Abbe numbers.

Submitted at: Sept. 25, 2012
Accepted at: Feb. 20, 2013

Citation

N. SULTANOVA, S. KASAROVA, I. NIKOLOV, Application of optical polymers in plastic or hybrid glass-plastic optics, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 15, Iss. 1-2, pp. 58-61 (2013)