• DocumentCode
    3012480
  • Title

    Improved Precision Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Gases Using Frequency Comb

  • Author

    Zhang, J. ; Lu, Z.H. ; Wang, L.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Erlangen-Nuremburg, Erlangen
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report improved high precision refractive index measurement of air and CO2 using a Michelson interferometer setup with frequency combs as the light source. Our experiment has a sensitivity of 9.6 x 10-9.
  • Keywords
    Michelson interferometers; carbon compounds; measurement by laser beam; refractive index measurement; CO2; Michelson interferometer setup; carbon dioxide gas; frequency comb; laser light source; precision measurement; refractive index measurement; Frequency measurement; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser beams; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453020
  • Filename
    4453020