Prof Dr Armin Reichold

Abstract:

The ILC requires an unprecedented accuracy and speed for the survey and alignment of its components. The Rapid Tunnel Reference Surveyor (RTRS) is a self-propelled train intended to automatically survey a reference network in the ILC tunnels with a design accuracy of 200 microns over distances of 600 m. A prototype RTRS has been built by the LiCAS collaboration. It will shortly commence operation at DESY. The operation principle of the RTRS will be explained. The status of the project's hardware, software and calibrations as well as the principles and performance of the underlying measurement techniques will be described.

Abstract:

A new laser-wire (LW) system has been installed at the ATF extraction line at KEK, Tsukuba. The system aims at a micron-scale laser spot size and employs a mode-locked laser system. The purpose-built interaction chamber, light delivery optics, and lens systems are described, and the first results are presented.

Abstract:

We are developing a system of interferometers to measure relative motion between two objects (for example, the two final focus quadrupoles of a linear collider) to a few nanometers. Two instruments are under development in the John Adams Institute at the University of Oxford : A distance meter to measure length changes and a straightness monitor to measure perpendicular shifts. We will present the technique, results and resolutions of our distance meter prototype. We also examine the applications of interferometers at the ILC.