http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/PDF/116/a116z442.pdf
Dispersion Properties of Optical Polymers
N. Sultanovaa
, S. Kasarovaa;¤ and I. Nikolovb
aDepartment of Physics, University “Assen Zlatarov”, Bourgas, Bulgaria
bDepartment of Optics and Spectroscopy, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
In this report dispersion properties of different types of optical polymers are discussed on the base of measured
refractive indices and the Cauchy–Schott approximation. A number of dispersion curves are presented in the
visible and near infrared spectral regions between 400 and 1060 nm. A comparison with some optical glasses with
similar refraction is performed. The nonlinear dependence of dn=d¸ of polymer materials and test glasses on the
wavelength is calculated and analyzed. Normalized dispersion curves at 550 nm and 880 nm are presented to
illustrate better the dispersion of the polymers in the considered spectral regions, separately. Abbe numbers are
calculated to exhibit the mean and partial dispersion.
PACS numbers: 42.70.Jk, 78.20.Ci, 78.30.Jw
Paper indicates two things.
There is a flat dispersion for all plastics and most dispersion difference is at lower wavelenghts.
I WANT TO ASK , V879 CHART is indicates the partial dispersion. It changes from 52 abbe number at Optorez and 100 at Zeonex.
Do higher or lower partial dispersion number indicates higher effect. And lower wavelenghts indicates higher frequency and blue partial dispersion. Am I right ? Does it makes blue photographs. I need the opposite
Optical polymers
Wavelength [nm] Abbe numbers
436.8 486.1 587.6 632.8 703 833 879 1052 Vd V879
PMMA 1.502 1.497 1.491 1.489 1.486 1.484 1.483 1.481
59.2 96.7
PC 1.612 1.599 1.585 1.580 1.575 1.569 1.568 1.565
29.1 54.6
PS 1.617 1.606 1.592 1.587 1.582 1.577 1.576 1.572
30.5 56.4
SAN 1.588 1.578 1.567 1.563 1.558 1.554 1.553 1.550
35.4 66.6
NAS-21 1.593 1.584 1.571 1.568 1.564 1.558 1.557 1.554
35.5 56.3
CTE Rich. 1.602 1.593 1.580 1.576 1.571 1.566 1.565 1.562
32.8 58.3
S-low styr. 1.531 1.525 1.516 1.514 1.512 1.509 1.508 1.506
44.9 79.4
Optorez 1330 1.522 1.516 1.509 1.508 1.505 1.503 1.502 1.498
52.0 71.7
Zeonex E48R 1.543 1.538 1.531 1.528 1.526 1.523 1.522 1.520
56.5 100.5
Bayer 1.612 1.600 1.586 1.581 1.576 1.571 1.570 1.566
30.0 54.3
Acrylic 1.502 1.498 1.492 1.490 1.488 1.485 1.485 1.483
57.8 96.9
Polyacrylate 1.506 1.499 1.494 1.492 1.491 1.489 1.488 1.486
63.3 97.6
Styrene 1.534 1.527 1.519 1.516 1.513 1.510 1.509 1.507
42.9 77.1
Cellulose 1.480 1.477 1.471 1.469 1.466 1.463 1.463 1.461
54.1 84.1
EBM-copol. 1.586 1.575 1.561 1.558 1.554 1.548 1.547 1.545
31.4 58.8