Optical absorption in polymer glasses by laser calorimetry
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 51 (2), 1160-1162
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.327682
Abstract
Optical absorption in polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) was measured in the visible region of radiation. Two methods of data evaluation yield consistent results to indicate that near λ=500 nm, the absorption coefficient is approximately 2×10−4 cm−1, or less than 100 dB/km, for both materials.Keywords
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