An optical vernier technique for in situ measurement of the length of long Fabry-Pérot cavities

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 190-194

  Rakhmanov, M ^a   Evans, M ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity length; Fabry P rot cavity; Length measurement; LIGO; Pound Drever signal; Vernier

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GRAVITY WAVES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; RESONANCE;

FABRY-PEROT CAVITIES; LASER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; LENGTH MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL VERNIER; POUND-DREVER SIGNALS;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033097191     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/10/3/013     Document Type: Article

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