An Application of the Fractal Theory in the Design of Heat Sink for Precision Measurement Instrument

Abstract

Temperature variation on accuracy and stability in measurement instruments is an important issue. High performance and miniaturized instruments have rigorous requirements on temperature. Heat transfer and temperature control are important in instruments design. For laser interferometer, temperature variation will adversely affect the frequency stability of the laser and the measuring precision. In order to effectively stabilize the frequency, a simple and effective heat sink design for laser interferometer is presented. It is based on the fractal theory and the heat transfer characteristics to allow higher dissipation for temperature control to generate higher heat transfer area in a finite space. Experimental results in frequency stabilization clearly show that this method is effective.