Interferometric determination of refraction and dispersion of a birefringent material: numerical procedure |
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Authors: | S Y El-Zaiat |
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Institution: | Community College in Tabuk, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 741 Tabuk, Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | Air, liquid and solid sample interferometric gaps of the same thickness and simultaneously enclosed in a wedge interferometer are used to produce fringes of equal chromatic order. A mica sample of dimensions 2×5 mm2 and an immersion liquid of the same refractive index are used. A single shot interferogram containing fringes in the three gaps is sufficient to deduce the needed experimental data. Locations of fringe maxima are introduced in a numerical procedure to retrieve the sample and liquid refractive indices across the visible spectrum. The numerical procedure is based on a simple dispersion function of wavelength and wavenumber. A modified two-term Sellmeier dispersion formula has been used for fitting the experimental data and deducing the needed dispersion parameters. |
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Keywords: | Refractive index Birefringence Dispersion White light interference Least-squares fitting |
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