Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 7, 0701021(2024)

Interference Suppression and Frequency-Locking Circuit Design in Ultra-Stable Laser Systems

Rui Xiao1,2, Beifei Yan1,2, Zhendi Cai1,2, Pengcheng Fang1, Yanqi Xu1, Yan Wang1, Huanyao Sun1, and Qunfeng Chen1、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, Hubei , China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Schematic diagram of ultra-stable laser system assembly (AVI represents the active vibration isolation platform, VC is the vacuum chamber, TC is temperature control, ISO stands for optical isolator, and PD denotes photo detector. The red lines represent the optical paths, the blue lines represent the electrical circuits, and the black connecting lines represent optical fibers)
    Comparison of error signal stability under different optical path isolation configurations (The left axis is the error signal voltage value. The right axis represents the ratio of the frequency deviation converted from the error signal slope to the cavity linewidth, and the corresponding frequency stability of the frequency deviation divided by optical frequency)
    Frequency locking circuit design schematic, where the ⊗ symbol represents a mixer, and arrows indicate the direction of signal flow
    Circuit pure proportional gain bandwidth (The solid line represents the gain at different frequencies, while the dot dash line represents the corresponding phase angles)
    Spectrum of the error signal after laser frequency locking
    Comparison of error signal stability before and after frequency locking
    Vibration sensitivity test for the two reference cavities
    Plot of beat frequency variation over time after inner cavity temperature change ("data" represents the measured beat frequency values, "fit" is the fitted beat frequency curve, "temp" indicates the cavity temperature change over time predicted by the fitting model, and T0 represents the temperature at which the cavity's thermal expansion coefficient crosses zero)
    Temperature stability of the vacuum chamber and internal insulation layer. (a)(b) Temperature variation graphs over time for the inner and outer layers of No. 1 and No. 2 reference cavities, respectively; (c)(d) corresponding Allan deviations calculated using the temperature data from figures (a) and (b)
    Beat frequency data plots. (a) Beat frequency variation over time with the linear drift of 11.8 mHz/s removed; (b) Allan deviation of the beat frequency calculated from the data in figure (a)
    • Table 1. Vibration sensitivity of the two reference cavities in three orthogonal directions

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      Table 1. Vibration sensitivity of the two reference cavities in three orthogonal directions

      DirectionVibration sensitivity /(10-10g-1
      No.1No.2
      Axial1.63.9
      Horizontal3.51.0
      Vertical3.40.8
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    Rui Xiao, Beifei Yan, Zhendi Cai, Pengcheng Fang, Yanqi Xu, Yan Wang, Huanyao Sun, Qunfeng Chen. Interference Suppression and Frequency-Locking Circuit Design in Ultra-Stable Laser Systems[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2024, 51(7): 0701021

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Sep. 14, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 8, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 29, 2024

    The Author Email: Chen Qunfeng (qfchen@apm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL231206

    CSTR:32183.14.CJL231206

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