Two-color heterodyne laser interferometry for long-distance stage measurement with correction of uncertainties in measured optical distances.
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SUBMITTER: Liu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5558020 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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