Ultra-stable optical cavities: Design and experiments at LNE-SYRTE

Author

Millo, J. ; Dawkins, S. ; Chicireanu, R. ; Magalhães, D. Varela ; Mandache, C. ; Holleville, D. ; Lours, M. ; Bize, S. ; Lemonde, P. ; Santarelli, G.

Author_Institution

LNE-SYRTE, Obs. de Paris, Paris

fYear

2008

fDate

19-21 May 2008

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

114

Abstract

We present the design of two different geometries of optical cavities (vertically and horizontally mounted). The Finite Element Modeling analysis is used to predict and decrease the influence of vibrations on the cavity stabilized lasers. Inspired by the results of simulation, two cavities have been constructed. Vibration sensitivity coefficients measured are equal or better than 1.4x10^-11/(m.s^-2) for all spatial directions. A preliminary measurement of the two independent cavity stabilized lasers shows a relative frequency stability of about 10^-15 @ 1s.

Keywords

finite element analysis; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; vibration measurement; LNE-SYRTE; cavity stabilized laser; finite element modeling analysis; ultra-stable optical cavity; vibration sensitivity coefficient measurement; Atom optics; Finite element methods; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 2008 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1794-0

Electronic_ISBN

1075-6787

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.2008.4622968

Filename

4622968