Iodine (¹²⁷I₂) Frequency Stablised He-Ne Laser: The Primary Standard

This section realizes and disseminates SI unit of length. Si unit of length is metre. The metre is defined as length of path travelled by light in vacuum in 1/ 299792458 of second. SI Unit metre is realized here using an iodine stabilized He-Ne Laser. Traceability to SI unit is disseminated over several orders of magnitude from micrometer to tens of metre.

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Dr. Girija Moona
Principal Scientist
Length Dimension and Nano Metrology
Apex Metrology Building, Room No. 15
National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi-110 012
Email: moonag@nplindia.org
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