@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002164, author = {Nagano, Shigeo and Yoshino, Taizoh and Kunimori, Hiroo and Hosokawa, Mizuhiko and Kawamura, Seiji and Sato, Takashi and Ohkawa, Masashi}, issue = {12}, journal = {Measurement Science and Technology, Measurement Science and Technology}, month = {Dec}, note = {We present a new displacement measuring technique with simplicity, robustness, high sensitivity and wide measurement range. A set of a frequency shifter and a voltage–frequency converter is used to lock a homodyne interferometer on the half-bright fringe by eliminating the Doppler fringe resulting from mirror motion. The mirror displacement is directly retrieved from the feedback signal of a fringe control loop. By developing a table-top interferometer, we successfully demonstrated signal recovery without significant degradation. The achieved displacement sensitivity and measurement range of the interferometer were 24 nm Hz^−1/2 and 1.3 mm at a Fourier frequency of 0.1 Hz, respectively. This technique was found to have a potential for application to precise displacement measurements. It is, in particular, suitable for a satellite-to-satellite laser interferometer to determine Earth's gravity field.}, pages = {2406--2411}, title = {Displacement measuring technique for satellite-to-satellite laser interferometer to determine Earth's gravity field}, volume = {15}, year = {2004} }