Publication detail

Absolute Distance Measurements with Tunable Semiconductor Laser

Mikel, Břetislav - Číp, Ondřej - Lazar, Josef

Original Title

Absolute Distance Measurements with Tunable Semiconductor Laser

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The work is oriented to development of the absolute distance interferometer with a narrow-linewidth tunable VCSEL laser (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) at 760 nm and a wavelength-scanning interferometry technique improved by an amplitude division of interference fringe. This laser performs the mod-hop free tuning range up to 1.4 nm and a value of the injection current controls the wavelength. With respect to a high-sensitivity of the emitted wavelength to the injection current fluctuation, we provided the stabilization of laser frequency by means of an electronic frequency lock to modes of the Fabry-Perot glass etalon. Instantaneous values of the interference phase before and after the scanning process are recorded for a longer interval due to data averaging. For the first laboratory experiments, we have measured preliminary results with relative uncertainty of absolute distance measurement at 8.10-5 level.

Keywords

Tunable laser, absolute interferometer

Authors

Mikel, Břetislav - Číp, Ondřej - Lazar, Josef

RIV year

2005

Released

1. 1. 2005

ISBN

0031-8949

Periodical

Physica Scripta

Year of study

2005

Number

118

State

Kingdom of Sweden

Pages from

41

Pages to

44

Pages count

4

BibTex

@article{BUT45888,
  author="Břetislav {Mikel} and Ondřej {Číp} and Josef {Lazar}",
  title="Absolute Distance Measurements with Tunable Semiconductor Laser",
  journal="Physica Scripta",
  year="2005",
  volume="2005",
  number="118",
  pages="4",
  issn="0031-8949"
}