@article{8ff0e78968aa4c83af7023c3a54e6e64,
title = "Linear birefringence magnitude of artificial self-assembled DNA crystals",
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.",
author = "Anni Lehmuskero and Nina Hakulinen and Hanna Lajunen and Jianping Zheng and Ruojie Sha and Benfeng Bai and Lingling Huang and Jari Turunen and Pasi Vahimaa and Seeman, {Nadrian C.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research has been supported by the strategic funding of the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Graduate School of Modern Optics and Photonics. B. Bai would like to acknowledge the support by the Academy of Finland (Project No. 128420) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 11004119). The work is also supported by GM-29554 from NIGMS, grants CTS-0608889 from the NSF, and N000140911118 from ONR.",
year = "2011",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1364/OME.1.000936",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "1",
pages = "936--942",
journal = "Optical Materials Express",
issn = "2159-3930",
publisher = "The Optical Society",
number = "5",
}