An Experimental Method for Determination of the Refractive Index of Liquid Samples Using Michelson Interferometer |
| B. Abbas and M. Alshikh Khalil
Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria |
| Received: January 6, 2014; Revised version: May 26, 2015; In final form: September 28, 2015 |
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| A new experimental and theoretical method has been presented for measuring the refractive index of liquids and transparent solids. The experimental setup is based on a modified version of the Michelson interferometer employing a rotation stage. This technique allows us the determination of the refractive index of a given liquid (or a transparent sample) accurately to high precision, with an accuracy limited only by the precision in the determination of the rotation angle. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.129.59 PACS numbers: 78.20.Ci, 78.40.-q, 07.60.Ly |