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Photonics Research
Vol. 12, Issue 2, 313 (2024)

Linear group delay spectral interferometry for full-range precision absolute length metrology

Jindong Wang^{1、2、3、†}, Jingsheng Huang^1、†, Qihua Liu^2、†, Wei Du¹, Fumin Zhang², and Tao Zhu^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

²State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology & Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

³e-mail: jdwang@cqu.edu.cn

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