• DocumentCode
    1124256
  • Title

    12.5 - Laser-interferometer system for the determination of the acceleration of gravity

  • Author

    Hammond, James A. ; Faller, James E.

  • Author_Institution
    Scott Lab. of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1967
  • fDate
    11/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    597
  • Lastpage
    602
  • Abstract
    A system is described for determining the acceleration of gravity using a stablized He-Ne laser as the light source in a Michelson-type interferometer which incorporates a freely falling corner reflector as one of its mirrors. The method effectively utilizes the most precise standards presently available for the measurement of length and time and is capable of an accuracy of better than 5 parts in 108.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Gravity; Laboratories; Length measurement; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Physics; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1967.1074413
  • Filename
    1074413
    • Link To Document
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