Linear birefringence magnitude of artificial self-assembled DNA crystals

Anni Lehmuskero; Nina Hakulinen; Hanna Lajunen; Jianping Zheng; Ruojie Sha; Benfeng Bai; Lingling Huang; Jari Turunen; Pasi Vahimaa; Nadrian C. Seeman

doi:10.1364/OME.1.000936

Linear birefringence magnitude of artificial self-assembled DNA crystals

Anni Lehmuskero^*, Nina Hakulinen, Hanna Lajunen, Jianping Zheng, Ruojie Sha, Benfeng Bai, Lingling Huang, Jari Turunen, Pasi Vahimaa, Nadrian C. Seeman

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Abstract

We determine the linear birefringence magnitude, i.e. the difference between refractive indexes along the extraordinary and ordinary axes, of artificial uniaxial DNA crystals assembled with the so-called DNA tile approach. Based on the ellipsometric measurements, the birefringence magnitude is between 0.001 and 0.0018 in the visible and near infrared range. Besides being of fundamental interest, the optical properties of DNA crystals are crucial in the design of novel photonic nanostuctures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	936-942
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optical Materials Express
Volume	1
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000936
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2011
Externally published	Yes

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