Absolute distance metrology for space interferometers

Details Absolute distance metrology for space interferometers Absolute distance metrology for space interferometers

Jun 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004esasp.554..559s&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO 2004), 30 March - 2 April 2004, Toulouse, France. Ed.:

Physics

Optics

Space Interferometers, Metrology

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Space interferometers consisting of several free flying telescopes, such as the planned Darwin mission, require a complex metrology system to make all the components operate as a single instrument. This metrology system consists of various sub-systems to monitor distances, angles and speeds. Our research focuses on one of these sub-systems that measures the absolute distance between two satellites with high accuracy. For Darwin the required accuracy would be in the order of 10 μm over 250 meter. To measure this absolute distance, we are currently building a frequency sweeping interferometer. It is operated by first measuring a phase in the interferometer, sweeping a tunable laser over a known frequency interval and finally measuring a second phase. By also counting the number of fringes during the sweep it is possible to determine the absolute path length difference without ambiguities. We plan on actively stabilizing the wavelength at the endpoints of the sweep on a Fabry-Perot cavity using the Pound-Drever-Hall technique. In this way the unknown distance is directly referenced to the length of the Fabry-Perot cavity.

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