An Experimental Method for Determination of the Refractive Index of Liquid Samples Using Michelson Interferometer

• Authors: B. Abbas , M. Alshikh Khalil
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A new experimental and theoretical method has been presented for measuring the refractive index of liquids and transparent solids. The experimental setup is based on a modified version of the Michelson interferometer employing a rotation stage. This technique allows us the determination of the refractive index of a given liquid (or a transparent sample) accurately to high precision, with an accuracy limited only by the precision in the determination of the rotation angle.

Keywords

EN

78.20.Ci; 78.40.-q; 07.60.Ly

Discipline

• 78.20.Ci: Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)
• 78.40.-q: Absorption and reflection spectra: visible and ultraviolet(for infrared spectra, see 78.30.-j; for optical spectra of superconductors, see 74.25.nd; for time resolved reflection spectroscopy, see 78.47.jg; for multiphoton absorption, see 79.20.Ws in impact phenomena)
• 07.60.Ly: Interferometers

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 129
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 59-63

Dates

published

2016-01

received

2014-01-06

(unknown)

2015-05-26

(unknown)

2015-09-28

Contributors

author

B. Abbas

• Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria

author

M. Alshikh Khalil

• Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.129.59