Speaker
Ms
Patricia Govender
(CSIR DPSS unit)
Description
An adapted Michelson interferometric technique was used to measure strain induced birefringence in perspex. The birefringence was then used to determine the Kerr constant in perspex. The result obtained is compared to a polarimetric result and is shown to be a more sophisticated and reliable method.
Primary author
Ms
Patricia Govender
(CSIR DPSS unit)
Co-author
Dr
Vincent Couling
(UKZN-pietermaritzburg)
