Absolute distance interferometer with grating-stabilized tunable diode laser at 633 nm

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Kinder, Th ^a   Salewski, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analogue filter; Distance measurement; Frequency scanning; Group delay time; Helium neon laser; Interferometer; Semiconductor laser; Tuning linearity

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ANALOGUE FILTER; FREQUENCY SCANNING; GROUP DELAY TIME; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; PHASE DISTORTION; TUNING LINEARITY; VARIABLE SYNTHETIC WAVELENGTH;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036864665     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/4/6/381     Document Type: Article

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