Title: Synthetic wavelength based transportable telemeter with submicrometer resolution
Authors: Azouigui, Sheherazade, Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie (LNE-CNAM), La Plaine Saint Denis, France, ISNI: 0000 0003 5809 2000
Wallerand, Jean-Pierre, Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie (LNE-CNAM), La Plaine Saint Denis, France
Badr, Thomas, Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie (LNE-CNAM), La Plaine Saint Denis, France, ISNI: 0000 0003 5896 2432
van den Berg, Steven, VSL, Delft, The Netherlands
Himbert, Marc, Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie (LNE-CNAM), La Plaine Saint Denis, France

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Contributors: HostingInstitution: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), ISNI: 0000 0001 2186 1887
Pages:8
Language:en
DOI:10.7795/810.20130620M
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Publisher: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Dates: Available: 2013
Issued: 2013-08
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Abstract: We describe a transportable system based on synthetic wavelength interferometry for absolute distance measurement. The synthetic wavelength is generated using two frequency-doubled Nd:YAG lasers. Main feature is the elimination of polarization cross-talk issue using a setup where spatial separation is preferred to polarization separation. A superheterodyne technique has been implemented to detect the synthetic phase, enabling a fringe interpolation of ~2 pi/5600. A resolution of 700 nm over 60 s of integration time is demonstrated for a synthetic wavelength of 7,5 mm. An accuracy better than 10 μm is demonstrated over 25 m, based on an indoor comparison with a classical fringe counting interferometer at VSL (Netherlands).
Other: article based on oral presentation at the conference MacroScale 2011 "Recent developments in traceable dimensional measurements", Bern-Wabern (Switzerland), 04-06, October, 2011
Citation: AZOUIGUI, Sheherazade, Jean-Pierre WALLERAND, Thomas BADR, Steven van den BERG, Marc HIMBERT, and Patrick JUNCAR. Synthetic wavelength based transportable telemeter with submicrometer resolution. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 2013. doi: 10.7795/810.20130620M
Remark: article based on oral presentation at the conference MacroScale 2011 "Recent developments in traceable dimensional measurements", Bern-Wabern (Switzerland), 04-06, October, 2011