• DocumentCode
    1922183
  • Title

    Phase-shifting interferometry to determine the absolute diameter of a silicon sphere using a frequency-tunable diode laser

  • Author

    Xuejian Wu ; Yan Li ; Haoyun Wei ; Jitao Zhang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    12-16 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this contribution, a chain of temporal synthetic wavelengths, generated by use of a frequency-tunable diode laser calibrated by an optical frequency comb, is used to measure the absolute diameter with an accuracy of 3 nm in air, where the fractional interference phase is measured by phase-shifting interferometry.
  • Keywords
    diameter measurement; elemental semiconductors; laser tuning; measurement by laser beam; phase shifting interferometry; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; absolute diameter; fractional interference phase; frequency-tunable diode laser; optical frequency comb; phase-shifting interferometry; silicon sphere; temporal synthetic wavelengths; Frequency measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Optical interferometry; Phase measurement; Phase shifting interferometry; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0593-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801197
  • Filename
    6801197