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Measurement of dispersion and index of refraction of 1-decanol with spectrally resolved white light interferometry.

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The high density, high nonlinearity, and stability of liquids make them an attractive medium for spectral broadening and supercontinuum generation in ultrafast experiments. To understand ultrashort pulse propagation in these… Click to show full abstract

The high density, high nonlinearity, and stability of liquids make them an attractive medium for spectral broadening and supercontinuum generation in ultrafast experiments. To understand ultrashort pulse propagation in these media, their indices of refraction and dispersions must be characterized. We employ a Mach-Zehnder interferometer to generate a series of interferograms, which we refer to as a spectrogram, to develop a new method of using spectrally resolved white light interferometry to determine the refractive indices of materials. We determine the indices of refraction of BK7, sapphire, ethanol, and 1-decanol at 24°C across the visible and near infrared. To our knowledge, this is the first reported dispersion and index of refraction measurement of 1-decanol.

Keywords: spectrally resolved; light interferometry; refraction; resolved white; decanol; white light

Journal Title: Optics express
Year Published: 2022

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