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Lenght characterization of a piezoelectric actuator by use of a mode-locked femtosecond laser
Pravdová, Lenka ; Lešundák, Adam ; Šmíd, Radek ; Číp, Ondřej
Modern laser interferometers with high resolution are considered as very precise sensors for length measurement. We assembled a specialized optical resonator using silver mirrors. The femtosecond laser with a repetition frequency of 250 MHz and a central wavelength 1560 nm of supercontinuum is used. Femtosecond laser is stabilized by optical frequency comb technique, ie. the frequency offset fCEO and repetition frequency frep is synchronized by our ultra-stable frequency source - hydrogen maser. The technique of derivative spectroscopy is used for locking the resonance peaks of the resonator component of the supercontinuum. The frequency frep in fine steps in the desired range of values is changed via control electronics. This was achieved by changing the length of the cavity in the order of several hundred of nanometers. Repetition frequency change is carried out so that the entire range of the length of the actuator is tested. Value of the applied voltage is recorded for every measured point of the characteristics. The result is a measured characteristic hysteresis curve of the PZT actuator.

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