Wang, C.H., Augousti, A.T. and Mason, J. (2000) Real time evaluation and correction of nonlinear errors in single frequency interferometers. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 22(5), pp. 405-412. ISSN (print) 0142-3312
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Nonlinear errors in single frequency interferometers are mainly caused by inaccuracies in quadrature signals. A novel design for real time correction of these errors has been developed using a technique based on the use of a microcontroller and computational analogue circuits. The former is responsible for the detection of these nonlinear errors while the latter is responsible for their correction. As a result, errors arising from nonlinearity are reduced to about 0.3% of an interference fringe over a bandwidth for the quadrature signals ranging from d.c. to 100 kHz. Moreover, a simplified method for evaluating the degree of these nonlinear errors without resorting to a length standard is also presented. Finally, a demonstration application of this new correction technique to a laser interferometer was carried out and experimental results are given.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | error correction, laser interferometer, nonlinear errors |
| Research Area: | Physics |
| Faculty, School or Research Centre: | Faculty of Science (until 2011) > School of Life Sciences Faculty of Science (until 2011) |
| Depositing User: | Katrina Clifford |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2010 14:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/3082 |
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