A study of the possibility of using an adjacent pulse repetition interval length as a scale using a Helium-Neon interferometer

作者：Wei Dong^*; Takamasu Kiyoshi; Matsumoto Hirokazu

来源：Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, 2013, 37(3): 694-698.

DOI：10.1016/j.precisioneng.2013.02.001

• Length measurement
• Adjacent pulse repetition interval length
• Length standard
• Metrology
• Femtosecond optical frequency comb
• Interferometry

The possibility of using an adjacent pulse repetition interval length (APRIL) as a scale is investigated. Theoretical analysis showed that an APRIL can be used as a standard for a high-accuracy distant evaluation. In an experiment, an APRIL was measured by using a Helium-Neon interferometer, and the measurement was compared with the result of a direct frequency count. The difference was a few hundred nanometers, and thus the APRIL's effectiveness as a length scale was confirmed. The present concept and analysis pave the way for the development of the remote transfer of APRIL as a length standard via fiber networks.

• 出版日期2013-7