High-accuracy length-measuring interferometer using the two-colour method of compensating for the refractive index of air
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Measurement Science and Technology
- Vol. 3 (11), 1084-1086
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/3/11/011
Abstract
A high-accuracy length-measuring two-colour interferometer for the compensation of the refractive index of air is described. It counts two types of interference fringes which are in phase quadrature by means of a lambda /8 plate. The light source is a diode laser pumped YAG laser of about 40 mW output power; its second harmonic wave is generated by a KTiOPO4 (KTP) crystal. The resolution in determining the refractive index of air is improved by averaging the numbers of the interference fringes counted. The interferometer is evaluated to be better than 2*10-7 in accuracy.Keywords
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