Compact Multifringe Interferometry with Subpicometer Precision
- authored by
- Katharina Sophie Isleif, Gerhard Heinzel, Moritz Mehmet, Oliver Gerberding
- Abstract
Deep-frequency-modulation interferometry combines optical minimalism with multifringe readout. However, precision is key for applications such as optical gradiometers for satellite geodesy or as dimensional sensors for ground-based gravity experiments. We present a single-component interferometer smaller than a cubic inch. Two of these are compared to each other to demonstrate tilt and displacement measurements with a precision of less than 20 nrad/Hz and 1 pm/Hz at frequencies below 1 Hz.
- Organisation(s)
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Institute of Gravitation Physics
QuantumFrontiers
- External Organisation(s)
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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Physical Review Applied
- Volume
- 12
- ISSN
- 2331-7019
- Publication date
- 09.2019
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1903.02945 (Access:
Open)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.034025 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.15488/10435 (Access: Open)
