In the experiment of measuring the refractive index of a prism with a
spectrophotometer,a key step is to adjust the object stage so that its main
axis is perpendicular
to the optical axes of the telescope and the collima- tor,which is called
the standard case. It is
analyzed that the influence on the measurement of apex angle and mini- mum
deviation angle
theoretically and experimentally when there is a deviation of the object
stage. The experiments are
performed for two cases. One case is that,in the telescope,it can be found
that a green
cross image reflectes from at least one surface of the double face plane
mirror. In this case,the
deviation is marked by recording the posi- tion of the green cross image.
The other case is that
the deviation of the object stage is measured with an extra sys- tem. In
this case,the deviation
degree of the object stage can be recorded directly. In experiment,the
variation of the apex angle
and minimum deviation angle of the prism with the deviation of the object
stage is measured
in the two cases. And the object stage’s deviation range,at which the
experimental
results has smaller deviations than standard measurement errors,is
determined.