Title

A Hybrid Reflection Transmission Surface Light Scattering Instrument with Reduced Sensitivity to Surface Sloshing

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 1997

Abstract

A hybrid reflection-transmission surface light-scattering instrumental design is presented, examined theoretically, and tested experimentally. The purpose of the design is to reduce the sensitivity of the instrument to vibration in general and surface sloshing in particular while sacrificing little performance. Traditional optical arrangements and two new optical configurations with varying trade-offs between slosh resistance and instrumental simplicity and accuracy are examined by use of Fourier optics methods. The most promising design was constructed and tested with acetone, ethanol, and water as subject fluids. The test involved backcalculation of the wave number of the capillary wave examined with the known physical parameters for the test fluids. The agreement of the computed wave number was +/-1.4%.

Publication Title

Applied Optics

Volume

36

Issue

30

First Page

7605

Last Page

7614

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