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A new method to measure the wavelength of single-mode pulsed lasers with a scanning Michelson interferometer

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We report on the possibility to measure the wave-lengths of pulsed single-mode lasers by means of a two-beam Michelson interferometer in motion [1,2]. The corner reflector moves with a nearly constant speed creating a path differenceL so thatL/C ≪ 1/Δν, Δν being the spectral width of the laser to be measured. The reference laser is a stabilized He-Ne (Spectra-Physics, model 117 A) to a precision of the order of two parts in 109. The fringe pattern of the two beams (reference beam and measured beam) is sampled simultaneously with a repetition rate of 40 ms. With this new method, the frequency doubled injection-seeded Nd: YAG laser wavelength has been measured with an accuracy of the order of 1.5 in 108≈3 × 10−4 cm−1 at 532nm.

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  1. Laboratoire de Spectronomie Moléculaire et Instrumentation Laser, Université de Bourgogne, 6, Bvd. Gabriel, F-21000, Dijon, France

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Chaux, R. A new method to measure the wavelength of single-mode pulsed lasers with a scanning Michelson interferometer. Appl. Phys. B 58, 63–67 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081715

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