| Zugriffsnummer | 28072 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Peer Review | unbekannt |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | A sub-40-mHz-linewidth laser based on a silicon single-crystal optical cavity |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Kessler, Thomas; 4.3, Quantenoptik und Längeneinheit, PTB-Braunschweig
Hagemann, Christian; 4.3, Quantenoptik und Längeneinheit, PTB-Braunschweig
Grebing, Christian; 4.3, Quantenoptik und Längeneinheit, PTB-Braunschweig
Legero, Thomas; 4.3, Quantenoptik und Längeneinheit, PTB-Braunschweig
Sterr, Uwe; 4.3, Quantenoptik und Längeneinheit, PTB-Braunschweig
Riehle, Fritz; 4, Optik, PTB-Braunschweig
Martin, Michael J.; JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Department of Physics, Boulder, USA
Chen, Lisheng; Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CHINA
Ye, Jun; JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Department of Physics, Boulder, USA
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| Quelle/Jahr | Nature Photonics: 6 (2012), 10, 687 - 692 |
| ISSN | 1749-4885 |
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| URL | |
| Verlag | London [u.a.]: Nature Publishing Group |
| Zusammenfassung | State-of-the-art laser frequency stabilization by high-finesse optical cavities is limited fundamentally by thermal noise-induced cavity length fluctuations. We present a novel design to reduce this thermal noise limit by an order of magnitude as well as an experimental realization of this new cavity system, demonstrating the most stable oscillator of any kind to date for averaging times of 0.1-10 s. The cavity spacer and the mirror substrates are both constructed from single-crystal silicon and are operated at 124 K, where the silicon thermal expansion coefficient is zero and the mechanical loss is small. The cavity is supported in a vibration-insensitive configuration, which, together with the superior stiffness of the silicon crystal, reduces the vibration-related noise. With rigorous analysis of heterodyne beat signals among three independent stable lasers, the silicon system demonstrates a fractional frequency instability of 1 × 10-16 at short timescales and supports a laser linewidth of < 40 mHz at 1.5 μm. |
Zitierung
Kessler, T., Hagemann, C., Grebing, C., Legero, T., Sterr, U., Riehle, F., Martin, M. J., Chen, L., & Ye, J. (2012). A sub-40-mHz-linewidth laser based on a silicon single-crystal optical cavity. Nature Photonics, 6(10), 687–692. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.217