OPTICS & OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 153(2022)

Low Phase Noise Signal Source for Cold Atom Interferometer

YANG Yuan-hang1, WANG Bin1,2, GUO Fan1, SONG Xin-ming1, and MAO Hai-cen1
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    The cold atom interference experiment involves complex laser modulation technology. It’s important to provide a suitable RF drive signal for the modulator. The phase noise of the signal directly affects the sensitivity of the cold atom interferometer. In order to meet the needs, a low phase noise signal source capable of generating 6.834 GHz signal is introduced in this paper. The signal source adopts two-stage phase-locked loop frequency synthesis technology to multiply the 10 MHz signal output by the constant temperature crystal oscillator to 100 MHz, and then multiply the 100 MHz signal to 7 GHz. Finally the 7 GHz signal is mixed with a 166 MHz signal generated by the external DDS chip. A 6.834 GHz signal source is realized. The test result of phase noise is-61.9 dBc/Hz@1 Hz. It meets the needs of cold atom interference experiments.

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    YANG Yuan-hang, WANG Bin, GUO Fan, SONG Xin-ming, MAO Hai-cen. Low Phase Noise Signal Source for Cold Atom Interferometer[J]. OPTICS & OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, 2022, 20(2): 153

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    Received: Nov. 15, 2021

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    Published Online: Aug. 2, 2022

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