Design of a real-time Michelson interferometer for quantitative refractive index profile measurements

Juup L.M. Nijholt; P. G. Bakker

doi:10.1117/12.365751

13 October 1999 Design of a real-time Michelson interferometer for quantitative refractive index profile measurements

Juup L.M. Nijholt, P. G. Bakker

Proceedings Volume 3783, Optical Diagnostics for Fluids/Heat/Combustion and Photomechanics for Solids; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.365751
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

This paper presents an interferometer which has been developed for real time quantitative refractive index measurements at video rate. A theoretical accuracy analysis of the measured phase distribution is presented for linearly stratified refractive index profiles. The interferometer is characterized experimentally. Therefore, phase distributions generated by a tilted mirror are measured by the real time interferometer and a common interferometer which contains a piezoelectric transducer.

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Juup L.M. Nijholt and P. G. Bakker "Design of a real-time Michelson interferometer for quantitative refractive index profile measurements", Proc. SPIE 3783, Optical Diagnostics for Fluids/Heat/Combustion and Photomechanics for Solids, (13 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.365751

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