An international length comparison using vacuum comparators and a photoelectric incremental encoder as transfer standard

Precision Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Tiemann, I ^a   Spaeth, C ^a   Wallner, G ^a   Metz, G ^a   Israel, W ^a   Yamaryo, Y ^b   Shimomura, T ^b   Kubo, T ^b   Wakasa, T ^b   Morosawa, T ^b   Koning R ^c   Flugge J ^c   Bosse, H ^c  

^a Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH   (Germany)

^b MITUTOYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser interferometry in vacuum; Length comparator; Length comparison; Line scale interferometer; Linear encoder; Measurement uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); IODINE; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOELECTRICITY;

LENGTH COMPARATOR; LENGTH COMPARISON; LINE SCALE INTERFEROMETER; LINEAR ENCODER; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 35948936799     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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