Title :
Toward a picometer displacement-sensing interferometry for the next generation of calculable capacitor
Author :
Durand, Mathieu ; Lawall, John ; Wang, Yicheng
Author_Institution :
Phys. Meas. Lab., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
A high resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer system is designed to measure displacement by measuring both the cavity mode spacing and absolute mode position shifts. We achieve a fractional uncertainty of 2 × 10-9/√Hz without any optical frequency standard.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; capacitors; displacement measurement; electrodes; absolute mode position shifts; calculable capacitor; cavity mode spacing; displacement measurement; fractional uncertainty; high resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer system; picometer displacement-sensing interferometry; Cavity resonators; Displacement measurement; Frequency measurement; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Length measurement; Measurement by laser beam;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
