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Towards Photonic based Pascal Realization as a Primary Pressure Standard

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Author(s)

Jacob E. Ricker, Jay H. Hendricks, Patrick F. Egan, Jack Stone, Kevin O. Douglass, Gregory Scace

Abstract

New techniques using refractometry have enabled gas pressure to be measured using laser interferometry. Two key techniques have been studied at NIST which include the Fixed Length Optical Cavity (FLOC) and the Variable Length Optical Cavity (VLOC). The measurement techniques are described and the traceability of these measurements through quantum mechanics that enables them to be primary standards. This technology is critical for gas pressure metrology to move away from artifact based standards (and especially mercury based) and move to quantum based methods for realization of the pascal.
Citation
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Pressure, Pascal, Photonic, Refractometry, Metrology
Pressure and vacuum metrology and Optical physics and communications

Citation

Ricker, J. , Hendricks, J. , Egan, P. , Stone, J. , Douglass, K. and Scace, G. (2019), Towards Photonic based Pascal Realization as a Primary Pressure Standard, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created February 7, 2019, Updated June 19, 2019
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