Laser Interferometers

last modified 13-09-2006 11:39

Hewlett-Packard HP 5529A Dynamic Calibrator

System Specifications

Operating Temperature: 0-40°C
Data Rate:    Standard:  ³1 kHz 
Extended resolution:  ³100 Hz 

Laser Characteristics

Type:

Helium-neon with automatically tuned Zeeman-split two-frequency output

Vacuum wavelength: 632.991354 nm
Wavelength accuracy

± 0.1 p.p.m.

Linear Distance Measurements

Range: Up to 40 m
Accuracy Temp. Range With standard air 
sensor
In vacuum
20°C ± 0.5°C ± 1.5 p.p.m. ± 0.1 p.p.m.
15 - 25°C ± 1.7 p.p.m. ± 0.1 p.p.m.
0 - 40°C ± 3.0 p.p.m. ± 0.1 p.p.m.
Resolution: Optics Standard Resolution Extended resolution
Linear Optics 10 nm 1 nm
Plane Mirror 5 nm 0.5 nm
High Resolution 2.5 nm 0.25 nm

Angle measurement

Range: ± 10 deg (± 20 deg rotated about centre of optics)
Accuracy ± 0.2 % of displayed value, ± 0.05 arc sec per meter of distance traveled by the moving optics
Resolution: Standard Resolution Extended resolution
0.05 arc sec 0.005 arc sec
(~0.25 µrad) (~0.025 µrad)

Straightness measurement

Range: ± 1.5 mm
Displacement range: 0.1 - 3 m
Accuracy: for straightness value in the range of 0 - 10 µm: ± 3.5% of displayed value.

for straightness value in the range of 10 - 1500 µm: ± 1% of displayed value ± 0.25 µm.

 

Resolution: 0.01 µm.

Squareness measurement

Accuracy: ± (1.0 + 0.1 M) arc sec ± 0.01 q
where
M = distance of travel of the moving optics in meters
q = calculated out-of-square angle in arc sec

Parallelism measurement

Accuracy: ± 0.06 M arc sec
where
M = distance of travel of the moving optic in meters

Timebase measurement

Measurement of linear, angle and straightness position as a function of time.  The corresponding velocity and acceleration are calculated from this measurement.

Sample interval 0.000 5 s - 600 s
Position
Resolution: For Linear Measurements 0.01 µm
For Angular Measurements 0.05 arc sec
For Straightness Measurements 0.01 µm
Velocity*
Range: Optics Max. Axis Velocity
Linear Optics ± 700 mm/s
Plane Mirror ± 350 mm/s
High Resolution ± 175 mm/s
Accuracy: 0.02% of displayed value
Resolution: 0.01 mm/s
Acceleration*
Resolution: 0.01 mm/s2
* specified for linear measurements only.

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