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Thermal coefficient of refractive index of polycrystalline ZNSE, BaF/sub 2/ and CaF/sub 2/ in the visible and near infrared

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7137923
An interferometric technique has been used to measure the thermal coefficient of the refractive index of polycrystalline ZnSe, BaF/sub 2/, and CaF/sub 2/ at the HeNe laser wavelengths, 0.6328, 1.15, and 3.39 micrometers, in the range 25 to 65/sup 0/C. The values obtained were calculated using the observed change in optical path and the literature values for refractive index and thermal expansion coefficient. (GRA)
Research Organization:
Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (USA). School of Engineering
OSTI ID:
7137923
Report Number(s):
AD-A-019526; GE/PH-75-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English