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Paper
Novel and nonintrusive optical thermometer
Abstract
We have developed a novel thermometer based on the small temperature-induced changes in the optical reflectivity of metals and semiconductors. A nulling optical bridge has been constructed which reduces the temperature measurement to the shot noise limit of the detector. Under ideal laboratory conditions, we have demonstrated a temperature resolution of 0.2°C.