Ultrastable continuous-wave lasers are one of the important elements for space-based gravitational wave detection.Here we present a Pound–Drever–Hall laser frequency-locked system based on a field-programmable gate ...Ultrastable continuous-wave lasers are one of the important elements for space-based gravitational wave detection.Here we present a Pound–Drever–Hall laser frequency-locked system based on a field-programmable gate array,demonstrating its potential to achieve 10-16levels of frequency stability for space applications.The system is employed to lock a spacequalified 1064-nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser to a laboratory-operated 20-cm ultrastable optical cavity.Major noise contributors are identified as laser intensity fluctuation and residual amplitude modulation.The heterodyne beat measurement shows that the frequency noise spectral density of a single laser is reduced to 2.5 Hz/√Hz at a Fourier frequency of 1 m Hz,and the frequency instability is 2.1×10^(-16)at 1 s and remains below 3.5×10^(-16)up to 6000 s.展开更多
We report two ultra-stable laser systems automatically frequency-stabilized to two high-finesse optical cavities.By employing analog-digital hybrid proportional integral derivative(PID)controllers,we keep the merits o...We report two ultra-stable laser systems automatically frequency-stabilized to two high-finesse optical cavities.By employing analog-digital hybrid proportional integral derivative(PID)controllers,we keep the merits of wide servo bandwidth and servo accuracy by using analog circuits for the PID controller,and,at the same time,we realize automatic laser frequency locking by introducing digital logic into the PID controller.The lasers can be automatically frequency-stabilized to their reference cavities,and it can be relocked in 0.3 s when interruption happens,i.e.,blocking and unblocking the laser light.These automatic frequency-stabilized lasers are measured to have a frequency instability of 6×10^(-16)at 1 s averaging time and a most probable linewidth of 0.3 Hz.The laser systems were tested for continuous operation over 11 days.Such ultrastable laser systems in long-term robust operation will be beneficial to the applications of optical atomic clocks and precision measurement based on frequency-stabilized lasers.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2021YFC2201800 and 2020YFC2200300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11327407,11654004,and 11235004)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.XDB21010300 and XDB23030202)。
文摘Ultrastable continuous-wave lasers are one of the important elements for space-based gravitational wave detection.Here we present a Pound–Drever–Hall laser frequency-locked system based on a field-programmable gate array,demonstrating its potential to achieve 10-16levels of frequency stability for space applications.The system is employed to lock a spacequalified 1064-nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser to a laboratory-operated 20-cm ultrastable optical cavity.Major noise contributors are identified as laser intensity fluctuation and residual amplitude modulation.The heterodyne beat measurement shows that the frequency noise spectral density of a single laser is reduced to 2.5 Hz/√Hz at a Fourier frequency of 1 m Hz,and the frequency instability is 2.1×10^(-16)at 1 s and remains below 3.5×10^(-16)up to 6000 s.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11927810)。
文摘We report two ultra-stable laser systems automatically frequency-stabilized to two high-finesse optical cavities.By employing analog-digital hybrid proportional integral derivative(PID)controllers,we keep the merits of wide servo bandwidth and servo accuracy by using analog circuits for the PID controller,and,at the same time,we realize automatic laser frequency locking by introducing digital logic into the PID controller.The lasers can be automatically frequency-stabilized to their reference cavities,and it can be relocked in 0.3 s when interruption happens,i.e.,blocking and unblocking the laser light.These automatic frequency-stabilized lasers are measured to have a frequency instability of 6×10^(-16)at 1 s averaging time and a most probable linewidth of 0.3 Hz.The laser systems were tested for continuous operation over 11 days.Such ultrastable laser systems in long-term robust operation will be beneficial to the applications of optical atomic clocks and precision measurement based on frequency-stabilized lasers.
