Frequency stabilized three mode HeNe laser using nonlinear optical phenomena.

Accurate and traceable length metrology is employed by laser frequency stabilization. This paper describes a laser frequency stabilization technique as a secondary standard with a fractional frequency stability of 5.2x10(-10) with 2 mW of power, suitable for practical applications.

High resolution heterodyne interferometer without detectable periodic nonlinearity.

A high resolution heterodyne laser interferometer without periodic nonlinearity for linear displacement measurements is described. It uses two spatially separated beams with an offset frequency and an interferometer configuration which has no mixed states to prevent polarization mixing. In this research, a simple interferometer configuration for both retroreflector and plane mirror targets which are both applicable to industrial applications was developed.