Modern Metrology Concerns

Cover......Page 1
Modern Metrology Concerns......Page 2
©......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Section 1 Introduction......Page 12
1 Performance Parameters Measurement and Stochastic Processes......Page 14
Section 2 Length, Distance and Surface......Page 38
2 Length Metrology and Calibration Systems......Page 40
3 Dimensional Metrology and Frequency Sweeping Interferometry......Page 62
4 Nano-Accuracy Surface Figure Metrology of Precision Optics......Page 88
Section 3 Voltage, Current and Frequency......Page 126
5 Josephson Junctions for Present and Next Generation Voltage Metrology......Page 128
6 Measurement of Harmonic Voltage, Current, and Power at Industrial Frequency......Page 154
7 RF and Microwave Power Sensor Calibration by Direct Comparison Transfer......Page 186
8 Fast Method for Frequency Measurement by Rational Approximations with Application in Mechatronics......Page 212
Section 4 Optics......Page 232
9 Optical Radiation Measurement......Page 234
10 Optical Measurements: Polarization and Coherence of Light Fields......Page 274
11 Digital Demodulation of Interferometric Signals......Page 328
12 Attosecond Metrology and Spectroscopy......Page 344
13 Measurement of Ultrashort Optical Pulses......Page 360
Section 5 Time and Relativity......Page 374
14 Time Measurement and Earth Rotation......Page 376
15 Relativistic Metrology: From Earth to Astrophysics......Page 406
Section 6 Biology and Medicine......Page 428
16 Development of Metrology for Modern Biology......Page 430
17 Dimensional Measurement for Dentistry......Page 458