Deng Zhichao, Wang Jin, Ye Qing, Sun Tengqian, Zhou Wenyuan, Mei Jianchun, Zhang Chunping, Tian Jianguo
The Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, MOE, School of Physics and TEDA Applied Physics School, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Advanced Technology Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2015 Apr;86(4):043101. doi: 10.1063/1.4916256.
Traditionally, continuous refractive index dispersion (CRID) measurement of materials with scattering is hard to realize. In this paper, CRID measurement based on the derivative total reflection method (CRIDM-DTRM) is proposed to measure the CRID of both absorption and scattering materials. It effectively determined the CRID of K9 glass, concentrated milk, and 0.5% methyl red solution in the 400-750 nm range with the spectral resolution of about 0.259 nm. For the first time, CRID of a scattering material is measured. CRIDM-DTRM is a useful technique in the field of RID measurement, especially for biotissues and anomalous dispersion materials.