title: Fiber-optics surface-light-scattering spectrometer.
abstract: We have developed a fiber-optics surface-light-scattering spectrometer completely designed with optical fiber components. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a noninvasive measurement of the surface tension and the viscosity of simple liquid-vapor interfaces with a fiber-optics-based sensor system. With this approach we obtain a compact size, a significant increase in the signal-to-noise ratio, and the ability to select from a continuum of wave vectors.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adin Mann
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Taylor