We analyze and discuss the quantum noise in signal-recycled laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors, such as Advanced LIGO, using a heterodyne readout scheme and taking into account the optomechanical dynamics. Contrary to homodyne detection, a heterodyne readout scheme can simultaneously measure more than one quadrature of the output field, providing an additional way of optimizing t...

Heterodyne displacement interferometry is a widely accepted methodology capable of measuring displacements with sub-nanometer resolution. The objective of this thesis is to demonstrate a compact, fiber-delivered displacement measuring interferometer which can be used to simultaneously calibrate the linear motion and rotational errors of a translating stage using a single measurement beam. Heter...

Abstract: In this paper, a method for determination of refractive index in membrane of fuel cell on basis of three-longitudinal-mode laser heterodyne interferometer is presented. The optical path difference between the target and reference paths is fixed and phase shift is then calculated in terms of refractive index shift. The measurement accuracy of this system is limited by nonlinearity erro...

A lightweight and electrically passive interferometer is demanded by a number of applications for precision metrology such as machine tool metrology and on-machine feedback [1]. To satisfy these requirements, a fiber-optic coupled heterodyne displacement measuring Michelson interferometer (FIDMI) shown in Fig.1 has been developed in the Center of Precision Metrology (CPM) at the University of N...

We describe the design, fabrication, and testing of a monolithic interferometer consisting entirely of optically contacted fused-silica optical elements that are assembled, adjusted, and permanently bonded in place. The interferometer is part of a spatial heterodyne spectrometer (SHS) [SHIMMER (Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals)] that will be used for near-ultraviolet high-spec...

A fiber-based four-channel heterodyne interferometer has been developed to study the properties of pulsed plasma. The accuracy phase measurements was 0.03 rad, which corresponds an error in measuring concentration free electrons ± 1· 10 19 m -2 . Measurements electron density and plasma velocity accelerator have carried out.. Keywords: laser interferometer, interferometer.

In a modified Michelson interferometer, the top face of the wringing platen is first identified using the heterodyne central fringe identification technique. Then the reference mirror located in the other arm is moved by a precision translation stage until the top face of the tested gauge block is also identified with the same technique. The displacement of the mirror is exactly equivalent to t...

One of the most promising projects for the new definition of the kilogram is the watt balance. It uses a two-mode procedure: static mode and dynamic mode. One of the key points is to control the velocity, the yaw and the pitch of a moving coil during the dynamic mode. We have developed a specific method based on the use of a homemade double pass heterodyne interferometer, a two-level translatio...

We describe a free-space common-path polarization Sagnac interferometer. The polarization Sagnac interferometer is used in a symmetric fashion with detection on the dark fringe of the interference to avoid photodetector saturation when high-powered illumination is used. By modulating the carrier field that is reflected from the interferometer, we generate a local oscillator for heterodyne detec...