In situ correction of Abbe offset error in the watt balance experiment

CPEM Digest (Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 14-15

  Haddad, D ^a   Steiner, R ^a   Williams, E ^a   Liu, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBE OFFSET; IN-SITU; INDUCTION COILS; LASER INTERFEROMETER; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; TILT ANGLE; VERTICAL POSITIONS; WATT BALANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY;

POSITION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77956633198     PISSN: 05891485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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