利用高精度时间间隔测量技术实现光速测定方法的研究

Light velocity measurement by high-precision time-interval measurement technique

  • 摘要: 为了实现实验室环境下测定光速,采用已知长度及折射率的单模零色散光纤作为传输介质,利用高精度时间间隔测量技术测量了光在该光纤中的传输延时。经过理论推导,求出光速c与作为传输介质的光纤长度L、折射率n及光纤延时τ之间的关系式,从而通过测量得到L,n及τ的值即可计算得到真空中的光速值。与传统的利用天文法及精密仪器测量光速的方法相比,采用比较先进的高精度时间间隔测量技术可使时间分辨率达到125ps,从而在实验室环境下,利用简单仪器得到了高精度的测量结果。最终测量所得光速为299928077m/s,误差为30860m/s。

     

    Abstract: The high-precision time-interval measurement technique is used to measure the velocity of light in the laboratory environment. The light velocity can be precisely calculated by measuring the propagation delay time of light in the zerodispersion single-mode fiber, whose length and refractive index are already known. By theoretical derivation, the relationship between the fiber length L, the refractive index n and the fiber delay time τ was deduced, and the light velocity can be calculated by L, n and τ. Compared with the traditional measurement methods of astronomy or the measurement methods with precise instruments, the high-precision time-interval measurement technique can improve the time resolution to 125ps. Two or three simple instruments were used only to get the accurate measurement result in the laboratory environment. The measurement result of the light velocity is 299928077m/s, and the measurement error is 30860m/s.

     

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