Effect of varying pore size of AAO films on refractive index and birefringence measured by prism coupling technique

Su Hyun Gong, Arnaud Stolz, Gi Hwan Myeong, Elhadj Dogheche, Anisha Gokarna, Sang Wan Ryu, Didier Decoster, Yong Hoon Cho

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Abstract

Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) films with different pore sizes were prepared to modulate the effective refractive index and birefringence. To investigate the relationship between the refractive index and the pore size of the AAO film, optical constants were obtained using a prism coupler with various lasers. With experimental results, the dispersion curve of alumina itself without pores was extracted using a theoretical anisotropic model. We demonstrated that AAO films could offer a wide range of refractive index and birefringence values for optical device applications. Furthermore, index profiles as a function of the thickness of the AAO films were obtained by inverse Wentzel-Kramer-Brillouin approximation to examine the optical homogeneity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4272-4274
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume36
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Nov 1
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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