Laser barometer

Patent Application · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:588564

Abercrombie, K R; Shiels, D; Rash, T

This paper describes an invention of a pressure measuring instrument which uses laser radiation to sense the pressure in an enclosed environment by means of measuring the change in refractive index of a gas - which is pressure dependent.

• Research Organization: EG and G Rocky Flats, Inc., Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC34-90DP62349
• Assignee: RFFO; SCA: 440800; PA: EDB-98:040093; SN: 98001922731
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A8613784
• Application Number: ON: DE98004306; PAN: 8-613,784; TRN: 98:001757
• OSTI ID: 588564
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1998]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
LASER RADIATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
REFRACTIVE INDEX
INTERFEROMETRY