Photoelastic sphenoscopic analysis of crystals

Montalto, L.; Rinaldi, D.; Scalise, L.; Paone, N.; Davì, F.

doi:10.1063/1.4940196

Title: Photoelastic sphenoscopic analysis of crystals

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Birefringent crystals are at the basis of various devices used in many fields, from high energy physics to biomedical imaging for cancer detection. Since crystals are the main elements of those devices, a great attention is paid on their quality and properties. Here, we present a methodology for the photoelastic analysis of birefringent crystals, based on a modified polariscope. Polariscopes using conoscopic observation are used to evaluate crystals residual stresses in a precise but time consuming way; in our methodology, the light beam shape, which impinges on the crystal surface, has been changed from a solid cone (conoscopy) to a wedge (sphenoscopy). Since the polarized and coherent light is focused on a line rather than on a spot, this allows a faster analysis which leads to the observation, at a glance, of a spatial distribution of stress along a line. Three samples of lead tungstate crystals have been observed using this technique, and the obtained results are compared with the conoscopic observation. The samples have been tested both in unloaded condition and in a loaded configuration induced by means of a four points bending device, which allows to induce a known stress distribution in the crystal. The obtained results confirm,more »« less

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Montalto, L. ^[1]; Rinaldi, D. ^[2]; Scalise, L.; Paone, N. ^[1]; Davì, F. ^[3]

DIISM, Dip. Di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy)
SIMAU, Dip. Di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’ambiente ed Urbanistica—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy)
DICEA, Dip. Di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Architettura—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016

OSTI Identifier:: 22482839

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Review of Scientific Instruments

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BEAMS; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; EQUIPMENT; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NEOPLASMS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TUNGSTATES

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                    Montalto, L., SIMAU, Dip. Di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’ambiente ed Urbanistica—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Rinaldi, D., Scalise, L., Paone, N., and Davì, F. Photoelastic sphenoscopic analysis of crystals.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Montalto, L., SIMAU, Dip. Di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’ambiente ed Urbanistica—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Rinaldi, D., Scalise, L., Paone, N., & Davì, F. Photoelastic sphenoscopic analysis of crystals.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940196

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                    Montalto, L., SIMAU, Dip. Di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’ambiente ed Urbanistica—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Rinaldi, D., Scalise, L., Paone, N., and Davì, F. 2016.  
        "Photoelastic sphenoscopic analysis of crystals".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940196.

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@article{osti_22482839,

  title        = {Photoelastic sphenoscopic analysis of crystals},

  author       = {Montalto, L. and SIMAU, Dip. Di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’ambiente ed Urbanistica—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona and Rinaldi, D. and Scalise, L. and Paone, N. and Davì, F.},

  abstractNote = {Birefringent crystals are at the basis of various devices used in many fields, from high energy physics to biomedical imaging for cancer detection. Since crystals are the main elements of those devices, a great attention is paid on their quality and properties. Here, we present a methodology for the photoelastic analysis of birefringent crystals, based on a modified polariscope. Polariscopes using conoscopic observation are used to evaluate crystals residual stresses in a precise but time consuming way; in our methodology, the light beam shape, which impinges on the crystal surface, has been changed from a solid cone (conoscopy) to a wedge (sphenoscopy). Since the polarized and coherent light is focused on a line rather than on a spot, this allows a faster analysis which leads to the observation, at a glance, of a spatial distribution of stress along a line. Three samples of lead tungstate crystals have been observed using this technique, and the obtained results are compared with the conoscopic observation. The samples have been tested both in unloaded condition and in a loaded configuration induced by means of a four points bending device, which allows to induce a known stress distribution in the crystal. The obtained results confirm, in a reliable manner, the sensitivity of the methodology to the crystal structure and stress.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4940196},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482839},
  journal      = {Review of Scientific Instruments},

  issn         = {0034-6748},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 87,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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