Optical fiber refractometer

1 November 1987

journal article
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 58 (11), 2047-2048
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1139513

Abstract

We report on the use of an optical fiber to measure the refractive index of liquid materials. With a relatively simple detection system, indices can be determined with an average accuracy of ±0.2%.

Keywords

REFRACTOMETERS
OPTICAL FIBERS
DESIGN
LIQUIDS
REFRACTIVITY
MEASURING METHODS
ACCURACY
OPTICAL TESTING
OPERATION
CALIBRATION

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Refractometry through optical frequency-domain reflectometry
Electronics Letters, 1985
Novel refractometer using a tapered optical fibre
Electronics Letters, 1984
Optical Fiber Sensor for Measuring Refractive Index
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 1982

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