Accession Number:

ADA090594

Title:

Interferometric Measurement of Small Refraction Angles.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Stamper,J. A.

Report Date:

1980-10-15

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

Radial and axial refraction angles are separately measured for rays passing through an azimuthally symmetric medium. The fringe slopes from complementary interferograms are used in a derived expression. Shearing interferometry is used in an example. Author

Descriptors:

• *REFRACTIVE INDEX
• *LASER BEAMS
• *PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
• ANGLES
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• INTERFEROMETRY
• CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• SLOPE
• REFRACTION
• AZIMUTH
• GRADIENTS

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Optics
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE