Absolute length calibration of gauge blocks using optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser

Jonghan Jin; Young-Jin Kim; Yunseok Kim; Chu-Shik Kang; Seung-Woo Kim

doi:10.1117/12.678448

14 August 2006 Absolute length calibration of gauge blocks using optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser

Jonghan Jin, Young-Jin Kim, Yunseok Kim, Chu-Shik Kang, Seung-Woo Kim

Proceedings Volume 6292, Interferometry XIII: Techniques and Analysis; 62920O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.678448
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report an exploitation of the optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser as the wavelength ruler for the task of absolute length calibration of gauge blocks. To that end, the optical comb was stabilized to an Rb atomic clock and an optical frequency synthesizer was constructed by tuning an external single-frequency laser to the optical comb. The absolute height of gauge blocks was measured by means of multi-wavelength interferometry using multiple beams of different wavelengths consecutively provided by the optical frequency synthesizer. The wavelength uncertainty was measured 1.9 × 10^-10 that leads to an overall calibration uncertainty of 17 nm (k=1) in determining the absolute length of gauge blocks of 25 mm nominal length.

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Jonghan Jin, Young-Jin Kim, Yunseok Kim, Chu-Shik Kang, and Seung-Woo Kim "Absolute length calibration of gauge blocks using optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser", Proc. SPIE 6292, Interferometry XIII: Techniques and Analysis, 62920O (14 August 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.678448

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