dc.contributor.author | Sutherland, Christopher | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-13T17:16:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-13T17:16:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-13T17:16:48Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81076 | |
dc.description.abstract | Glass is an amorphous solid and in a stress-free environment exhibits isotropic optical
properties. When such a material is placed under stress the optical properties become
anisotropic. Glass can be characterized by its stress-optic response which describes
how the optical properties will change when it is subject to stress.
The mechanical properties were measured for three Ohara glass samples as well
as for fused quartz which was used to test the accuracy of the Dixon-Cohen method
used in this thesis for the measurement of the individual photoelastic tensor elements.
The stress-optic response of all glass samples was investigated using the Sénarmont
compensator method and the Dixon-Cohen method. The Dixon-Cohen method is
shown to be an accurate method for the determination of the individual photoelastic
tensor elements of glass samples. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | glass | en_US |
dc.subject | optics | en_US |
dc.subject | photoelasticity | en_US |
dc.title | IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ACOUSTO-OPTIC METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHOTOELASTIC TENSOR ELEMENTS IN GLASS | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2021-12-03 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Jesse Maassen | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Kimberley Hall | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Jesse Maassen | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Josef Zwanziger | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |