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The Effect of Various Molding Methods for Precision Optical Products Using Birefringence Analysis

정밀 광학부품의 복굴절 분석을 통한 각종 성형법의 영향에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2012.12.18
  • Accepted : 2013.01.22
  • Published : 2013.02.01
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Abstract

As the adoption of injection molding technology increases, injected-molded optical products require higher dimensional accuracy and optical stability than ever before. In the present study, four kinds of molding methods, i.e., conventional injection molding (CIM), injection/compression molding (ICM), rapid heat and cooling the mold(RHCM) and rapid injection/compression molding (RICM) were selected in order to investigate the optical anisotropy of a 7 inch Light Guide Plate(LGP) by examining the gap-wise distribution of birefringence and the extinction angle. The results indicate that the compression process can decrease flow-induced birefringence over the whole region and that rapid heating can decrease the birefringence level better than conventional molding. In addition, for the combination of compression and rapid heating a reversal flow was detected from the distribution of the extinction angle near the gate.

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