Measurement of air-refractive-index fluctuation from frequency change using a phase modulation homodyne interferometer and an external cavity laser diode

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ishige, Masashi ^a   Aketagawa, Masato ^a   Banh Quoc, Tuan ^a   Hoshino, Yuta ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air refractive index; Frequency; Interferometry; Nanometer; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EXPANSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR REFRACTIVE INDEX; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER DIODE; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY CHANGES; HOMODYNE INTERFEROMETERS; LASER INTERFEROMETER; NANOMETER; THERMAL DISTURBANCE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 70350697523     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/8/084019     Document Type: Article

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