BIPM - length

The BIPM's Length Section closed at the end of 2005. Activities on frequency combs, iodine cells, gravimetry and nanometrology were transferred to the new Time, Frequency and Gravimetry Department.

>> See also publications of the Time, Frequency and Gravimetry Department

2011

Matus M., Balling P., Kren P., Mašika P., Hong F-.L., Ishikawa J., Inaba H., Hosaka K., Yasuda M., Akamatsu D., Onae A., Shi R-.H., Peng J-.L., Howick E., Qian J., Liu X., Ranusawud M., Tonmueanwai A., Leng Tan S., Chao Z., Yeoh K-.H., Mat Daud N., Kin Chan T., Fíra R., Stalder O., Tomanyiczka K., Robertsson L., The CCL-K11 ongoing key comparison: final report for the year 2010, Metrologia, 2011, 48, Tech. Suppl., 04001

2005

Felder R., Practical realization of the definition of the metre including recommended radiations of other optical frequency standards (2003), Metrologia, 2005, 42(4), 323-325

Jiang Y., Bi Z., Robertsson L., Ma L.-S., A collinear self-referencing set-up for control of the carrier-envelope offset frequency in Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser frequency combs, Metrologia, 2005, 42(4), 304-307

Ma L.-S., Bi Z., Bartels A., Robertsson L, Zucco M., Windeler R. Wilpers G., Oates C., Hollberg L., Diddams S., Femtosecond laser optical frequency synthesizers with uncertainty at the 10^–19 level, Proc. 14th Int. Conf. Ultrafast Phenomena (Niigata, Japan, 25-30 July 2004), Springer, 2005, 837-839

Ma L.-S., Bi Z., Bartels A., Robertsson L., Zucco M., Windeler R.S., Wilpers G., Oates C., Hollberg L., Diddams S.A., International comparisons of femtosecond laser frequency combs, IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., 2005, 54(2), 746-749

Notcutt M., Ma L.-S., Ye J., Hall J.L., Simple and compact 1-Hz laser system via an improved mounting configuration of a reference cavity, Opt. Lett., 2005, 30, 1815-1817

Robertsson L., Absolute gravimetry in a shifted Legendre basis, Metrologia, 2005, 42(5), 458-463

Robertsson L., Zucco M., Ma L.-S., Henningsen J., Hald J., Bandis C., Duta A., Boiciuc D., Georgescu D., Fira R., Dorsic P., Results from the CI-2005 campaign at the BIPM of the BIPM.L-K11 ongoing key comparison, Metrologia, 2005, 42, Tech. Suppl., 04004

Robertsson L., Zucco M., Ma L.-S., Jin Q., Liu X., Liu Z., Wallerand J.-P., Van den Berg S., Johansson R., Skoogh H., Results from the CII-2004 campaign at the BIPM of the BIPM.L-K11 ongoing key comparison, Metrologia, 2005, 42, Tech. Suppl., 04003

Robertsson L., Zucco M., Ma L.-S., Terra O., Saraiva F., Gentil S., Chekirda C., Zakharenko Y., Fedorin V., Mostert L., Results from the CI-2004 campaign at the BIPM of the BIPM.L-K11 ongoing key comparison, Metrologia, 2005, 42, Tech. Suppl., 04002

Vitushkin L.F., Orlov O.A., A compact frequency-stabilized Nd:YVO₄/KTP/I₂ laser at 532 nm for laser interferometry and wavelength standards, Proc. SPIE: Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection IV, 2005, 5856, 281-286

Vitushkin. L.F., Current status and perspectives in development of instrumentation and metrology in absolute gravimetry, Conference abstracts: "Fundamental and applied time-coordinate measurements, KVO-2005", Institute for Applied Astronomy, 2005, 131-132

2004

Ma L.-S., Bi Z., Bartels A., Robertsson L., Zucco M., Windeler R.S., Wilpers G., Oates C., Hollberg L., Diddams S.A., Optical frequency synthesis and comparison with uncertainty at the 10^–19 level, Science, 2004, 303(5665), 1843-1845

Ma L.-S., Picard S., Zucco M., Chartier J.-M., Robertsson L., Windeler R.S., Direct measurement of the absolute frequency of the international reference laser BIPM4, Metrologia, 2004, 41(1), 65-68

Ma L.-S., Robertsson L, Zucco M., Bi Z., Windeler R.S. Bartels A., Wilpers G., Oates C., Hollberg L., Diddams S.A., Precision test of femtosecond laser optical frequency synthesizers, CLEO Digest, 2004, CMW6 (2 pp)

Ma L.S., Picard S., Zucco M., Chartier J.-M., Robertsson L., Balling P., Kren P., Qian J., Liu Z., Shi C., Viliesid Alonso M., Xu G., Tan S.L., Nyholm K., Henningsen J., Hald J., Windeler R., Absolute frequency measurement of the b₁₀ component of the R(106) 28-0 transitions in ¹²⁷I₂ at lambda

= 543 nm, Rapport BIPM-2004/16, 4 pp

Ma L.S., Robertsson L., Picard S., Zucco M., Bi Z., Wu S., Windeler R.S., First international comparison of femtosecond laser combs at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Opt. Lett., 2004, 29(6), 641-643

Madej A.A., Bernard J.E., Robertsson L., Ma L.-S., Zucco M., Windeler R.S., Long Term Absolute Frequency Measurements of 633 nm Iodine Stabilized Laser Standards at NRC and Demonstration of High Reproducibility of such devices in International Frequency Measurements, Metrologia, 2004, 41(3), 152-160

Mücke O.D., Kuzucu O., Wong F.N.C., Ippen E.P., Kärtner F.X., Foreman S.M., Jones D.J., Ma L.-S., Hall J.L., Ye J., Experimental implementation of optical clockwork without carrier-envelope phase control, Opt. Lett., 2004, 29, 2806-2808

2003

Becker M., Jiang Z., Vitushkin L., Adjustment of Gravity Measurements at the Sixth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters ICAG-2001, Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, Proceedings of the Workshop: IMG-2002 Instrumentation and Metrology in Gravimetry, 28-30 October 2002, Münsbach Castle, Luxemburg, 2003, 22, 49-56

Lea S.N., Rowley W.R.C., Margolis H.S., Barwood G.P., Huang G., Gill P., Chartier J.-M., Windeler R.S., Absolute frequency measurements of 633 nm iodine-stabilized helium-neon lasers, Metrologia, 2003, 40(2), 84-88

Ma L.-S., Zucco M., Picard S., Robertsson L, Windeler R.S., A new method to determine the absolute mode number of a mode-locked femtosecond laser comb used for absolute optical frequency measurements, IEEE J. Select. Top. Quant. Electr., 2003, 9, 1066-1071

Ma L.S., Robertsson L., Picard S., Chartier J.-M., Karlsson H., Prieto E., Ranka J.K., Windeler R.S., The BIPM laser standards at 633 nm and 532 nm simultaneously linked to the SI second using a femtosecond laser in an optical clock configuration, IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., 2003, 52, 232-235

Massone C.A., Titov A., Malinovsky I., Cogno J., Viliesid M., Madej A., Chartier A., Chartier J.-M., Erratum:International Comparison-International comparisons of He-Ne lasers stabilized with ¹²⁷I₂ at lambda

= 633 nm (July 2000) - Part X: Comparison of INMETRO (Brazil), INTI (Argentina), NRC-INMS (Canada), CENAM (Mexico), and BIPM lasers at lambda

= 633 nm , Metrologia, 2003, 40(4), 206

Picard S., Robertsson L, Ma L.S., Nyholm K., Merimaa M., Ahola T.E., Balling P., Kren P., Wallerand J.-P., Comparison of ¹²⁷I₂-stabilized frequency-doubled Nd:YAG lasers at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Appl. Opt., 2003, 42, 1019-1028

Picard S., Robertsson L., Ma L.S., Millerioux Y., Juncar P., Wallerand J.-P., Balling P., Kren P., Nyholm K., Merimaa M., Ahola T.E., Hong F.-L., Results from international comparisons at the BIPM providing a world-wide network of ¹²⁷I₂ stabilized frequency-doubled Nd:YAG lasers, IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., 2003, 52, 236-239

Quinn T.J., International report - Practical realization of the definition of the metre, including recommended radiations of other optical frequency standards (2001), Metrologia, 2003, 40(2), 103-133

Robertsson L., Zucco M., Ma L.-S., Absolute frequency measurements of the 532 nm radiation recommended for the realization of the metre, Rapport BIPM-2003/07, 7 pp

Vitushkin L., Jiang Z., Becker M., Francis O., Sixth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters, Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, Proceedings of the Workshop: IMG-2002 Instrumentation and Metrology in Gravimetry, 28-30 October 2002, Münsbach Castle, Luxemburg, 2003, 22, 37-43

Vitushkin L.F., Krivtsov E.P., Sinelnikov A.E., Development of metrology and limits in measurements in geophysics, Problems of Geophysics in the 21st Century (Nauka), 2003, 2, 245-265 (in Russian)