February 1, 2023
      
                  
        
  Author(s)
  Akobuije  Chijioke,   Richard A.  Allen,   Steven E.  Fick,   David  Long,   Benjamin  Reschovsky,   Jared  Strait,   Randall P.  Wagner
 
       
            
    
    
        We propose an optical sound standard in which the sound pressure is directly measured by using an optical cavity to observe the induced change in the refractive index of air. In this method, an optical cavity is coupled with an acoustic cavity, with the