Automatic Standard of
Refraction Index Measurement

$Automatic Standard of Refraction Index Measurement Description. Advantages: fully automated remote measurement method; application null-indicator instead autocollimator; expanded spectral range from DUV to IR through the use of: integral detector instead matrix detector, mirror optic elements (mirror null-indicator, two-sided mirror); increase accuracy by averaging the results of angle measurement and data approximation. Refractive Index Measurement Accuracy:standard uncertainty type A: 1,0 × 10^-6; standard uncertainty type B: 1,1 × 10^-6; total combined Standard uncertainty: 1,5 × 10^-6; expanded uncertainty (k=2): 3,0 × 10^-6.$

All measurement operations are fully automatic.

These operations include:

Measurement of prism angles and minimum deflection angle. The uncertainty of angular measurements are less than 0.1 arcs;
High precision temperature measurement. Our digital thermometer allows measuring the absolute temperature with accuracy of 1 mK.

The minimum-deviation method of measurement is used because it enables one to attain the highest accuracy. Measurement method is applicable to solid and liquid substances.

Specification

Apex angle measurement accuracy	0,4"
Refractive index measurement range	1,0 ... 3,0
Refractive index measurement accuracy	1,5 · 10^-6
Light sources	He-Ne laser, Ar-Kr laser
Detector	PbS, Photomultiplier tube, solid-state photodiode
Spectral range	193 nm ... 2300 nm

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