Realization of metre with femtosecond laser

Author

Baklanov, E.V. ; Dmitriyev, A.K.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Laser Phys., Novosibirsk, Russia

fYear

2002

fDate

16-21 June 2002

Firstpage

482

Lastpage

483

Abstract

The measurement of length with the use of the multimode radiation of a stable femtosecond laser makes it possible to measure the length directly using frequency standards that operate from the radio to optical spectral regions. The absolute error of such measurements is the same as for monochromatic emission. In addition, discreteness in the determination of the interferometer length can constitute around a meter or more, which is of special interest for precision measurements of long lengths.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave interferometry; frequency standards; laser frequency stability; laser modes; length measurement; measurement by laser beam; measurement errors; direct length measurement; fS laser pulses; interferometer length discrete determination; interferometric length measurement; long length precision measurement; measurement absolute error; monochromatic emission; radio/optical spectral region frequency standards; stable femtosecond laser multimode radiation; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Length measurement; Radio interferometry; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, 2002. Conference Digest 2002 Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7242-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2002.1034932

Filename

1034932