Compact laser interferometer for translation and tilt measurement as optical readout for the LISA inertial sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6716, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schuldt, Thilo ^a,b   Gohlke, Martin ^a,c   Weise, Dennis ^c   Johann, Ulrich ^c   Peters, Achim ^a   Braxmaier, Claus ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential wavefront sensing; Heterodyne interferometer; Interferometry; Laser metrology; LISA

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL DEVICES; READOUT SYSTEMS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SATELLITES;

DIFFERENTIAL WAVEFRONT SENSING; HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER; LASER METROLOGY; LISA;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 42149188912     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.754211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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