Picometer and nanoradian optical heterodyne interferometry for translation and tilt metrology of the LISA gravitational reference sensor

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

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EID: 68949172561     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/8/085008     Document Type: Article

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