Our SP-Series plane-mirror miniature interferometers are designed for incorporation
into customer-supplied systems and used for making precision length measurements.
Their layout and operation may be readily adapted to suit specific applications.
Their miniaturized sensor heads allow using them as permanently installed metrological
systems. Plane mirrors or other optical-quality reflecting surfaces may be employed as
reflectors on their translating arms, and may be angularly misaligned by as much as several
minutes of arc without adversely affecting their operation.
Their laser light sources are coupled
to their sensor heads by fiberoptic cables. Their miniature interferometers
convert translations of their plane mirrors along the optical axes
of their probing beams into optical-interference signals that are transmitted to their optoelectronic
signal-processing and power-supply units for conversion into lengths and output to external
devices.
System operation and display of measurement results may be via either
an external display unit or
a PC running an optional software package.