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Comparison of electrostatic and photon pressure force references at the nanonewton level

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Gordon Shaw, John A. Kramar, Paul Williams, Matthew Spidell, Richard Mirin, Julian Stirling

Abstract

This work describes a comparison between nanonewton force references derived from an electrostatic force balance and photon pressure force from calibrated laser optical power in the 1 watt range. The NIST Electrostatic Force Balance (EFB) is used to measure photon pressure force in the 10 nanonewton range from the reflection of a laser from a III-V semiconductor high-reflectivity Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) mirror. This work establishes a link between mass, force and laser power within the International System of Units (SI).
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Measurement Science & Technology
Pub Type
Journals

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/aaf9c2
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Keywords

force, mass, electrostatic force balance, EFB, photon pressure
Force metrology

Citation

Shaw, G. , Kramar, J. , Williams, P. , Spidell, M. , Mirin, R. and Stirling, J. (2021), Comparison of electrostatic and photon pressure force references at the nanonewton level, Measurement Science & Technology, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/aaf9c2, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922358 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created May 3, 2021
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