Direct Three-Dimensional Measurement of Refractive Index via Dual Photon-Phonon Scattering

Three-Dimensional Holographic Refractive-Index Measurement of Continuously Flowing Cells in a Microfluidic Channel.

Refractive index of biological specimens is a source of intrinsic contrast that can be explored without any concerns of photobleaching or harmful effects caused by extra contrast agents. In addition, RI contains rich information related to the metabolism of cells at the cellular and subcellular levels. Here, we report a no-moving parts approach that provides three-dimensional refractive index m...

Three Dimensional Optical Metamaterial Exhibiting Negative Refractive Index

Figure S1. The refractive index of the fishnet metamaterials for different numbers of layers and material loss. (a) The refractive index for different number of functional layers along the propagation direction. One important feature of metamaterials is the consistent refractive index profiles for different thicknesses. The effective refractive index was found by calculating the complex transmi...

Simple polarimetric approach to direct measurement of the near-surface refractive index in graded-index films.

In the standard M-line method for the characterization of graded-index film, an analytical curve is fitted to the waveguide mode measurements and extrapolated to provide the refractive index in the zero-depth limit. Here we review our polarimetric approach to a direct near-surface measurement, which complements the M-line method. Also, we present its new and more straightforward version, which ...

Measurement of refractive index of PF-5060

For optical studies of boiling heat transfer process, it is essential that the refractive index and its dependence on temperature for the test liquid be known. In this work a simple set-up was built to measure the refractive index of Fluorinert Liquid PF-5060 with temperature compensation and temperature control. The pinhole laser light beam was used for determining the refraction angle. The re...

Refractive-index measurement of absorbing condensed media.