Title :
Low-thermal-noise optical cavity
Author :
Webster, Stephen ; Gill, Patrick
Abstract :
The frequency instability of optical oscillators is limited by thermal noise which is dependent on temperature, the geometry of the cavity and the mechanical properties of its constituent materials. In this work, a 300 mm long cavity is set up with fused silica mirrors with a 1 m radius of curvature and the frequency instability is predicted to be 1 × 10-16.
Keywords :
optical parametric oscillators; thermal noise; frequency instability; low-thermal-noise optical cavity; optical oscillators; size 1 m; size 300 mm; thermal noise; Cavity resonators; Materials; Mirrors; Noise; Temperature measurement; Thermal expansion; Thermal noise; optical cavities; optical frequency standards; thermal noise;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6399-2
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2010.5556286
