Precise measurement of laser power using an optomechanical system

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2013-2030

  Agatsuma, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Friedrich, Daniel ^b   Ballmer, Stefan ^c   DeSalvo, Giulia ^d   Sakata, Shihori ^b   Nishida, Erina ^e   Kawamura, Seiji ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATED LASER BEAM; DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; LASER POWER; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; OPTO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PROTOTYPE EXPERIMENT; RADIATION PRESSURE;

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OSCILLISTORS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LASER; MANOMETRY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIOMETRY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LENSES; MANOMETRY; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 84893385642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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