Université Libre de Bruxelles, Service des Milieux Continus, av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP 194/5, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium
Abstract:
A new type of differential interferometer based on holographic optical elements is developed, which allows the exact determination of a refractive index gradient field in two orthogonal directions. This interferometer will be used in TEXUS experiments to determine the temperature field in a convective liquid cell in which the temperature may be known at only one point.