August 1, 2004
Author(s)
Lori S. Goldner, S N. Goldie, Michael J. Fasolka, F Renaldo, Jeeseong Hwang, Jack F. Douglas
We use near-field polarimetry (NFP) to investigate thin film crystallites of isotactic polystyrene (iPS). NFP micrographs enabled quantitative optical characterization of the birefringence in these specimens with sub-diffraction limited resolution