TWO WAVELENGTH, STREAK INTERFEROMETRY OF AN IONIZED, HEAVY GAS

Abstract

The problem of measuring interferometrically both the mass density and the electron concentration in an ionized gas requires interferograms at 2 different wavelengths. Transient ionized gases can be examined by the method of streak interferometry. By inserting a dichroic mirror-divider and duplicate optical trains with appropriate filters, the basic treak interferometer can be modified to produce 2, simultaneous, streak interferograms at selected wavelengths.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0402112

Entities

People

  • D. D. Shear
  • F. D. Bennett
  • H. S. Burden

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Gases
  • Interferometry
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Observatories
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics