Original title: Temperature stabilization of semiconductor lasers for direct measurement of index of refraction of air
Authors: Matoušek, Vít
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: STUDENT EEICT 2003, Brno (CZ), 2003-04-24
Year: 2003
Language: eng
Abstract: Laser interferometers are even more precise distance measurement devices with resolution in nanometer or sub-nanometer region. If interferometric measurements are carried out under atmospheric conditions (usual situation in industry), they measure optical path length of an unknown distance instead of its true geometrical value. It is caused by an index of refraction of air that introduces a multiplicative constant to measured results. If we want to obtain correct values, the knowledge of the index of refraction is necessary. Generally, the index of refraction can be measured by two ways: indirectly or directly. The first of them is based on parametric analysis of atmospheric properties as: relative humidity, pressure, temperature, concentration of CO.sub.2./sub. etc. Values of these parameters are processed then by Edlén formulas with 10.sup.-7./sup. order [1]. The direct methods are more precise then Edlén formulas (more than 10.sup.-7./sup.) but their practical implementation is more difficult. Devices that directly measure the index of refraction are called refractometers.
Keywords: laser interferometers; measurement; semiconductor laser; měření
Project no.: GP102/02/P122 (CEP), GA102/02/1318 (CEP), IAA2065202 (CEP), CEZ:AV0Z2065902 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR, GA ČR, GA AV ČR
Host item entry: Proceedings of the 9th Conference and Competition Student EEICT 2003 - Papers written by postgraduate students, ISBN 80-214-2379-X

Institution: Institute of Scientific Instruments AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0101309

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