散弹噪声极限稳定度优于1×10-13τ-1/2的铷频标物理系统

doi:10.11938/cjmr20212897

波谱学杂志 ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 108-114.doi: 10.11938/cjmr20212897

散弹噪声极限稳定度优于1×10^-13τ^-1/2的铷频标物理系统

聂帅^1,^2,³,王鹏飞^1,^2,*(),赵峰^1,²,王芳^1,²,明刚^1,²,邱紫敬^1,²,康松柏^1,²,梅刚华^1,^2,*()

1. 中国科学院精密测量科学与技术创新研究院, 湖北武汉 430071
2. 中国科学院原子频标重点实验室, 湖北武汉 430071
3. 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049

收稿日期:2021-03-18 出版日期:2022-03-05 发布日期:2021-04-09
通讯作者: 王鹏飞,梅刚华 E-mail:wpengfei@apm.ac.cn;mei@apm.ac.cn
基金资助:
中国科学院重点部署项目(ZDRW-KT-2021-2);国家自然科学基金青年科学基金资助项目(11903069)

A Physics Package with Shot-noise Limited Frequency Stability Better Than 1×10^-13τ^-1/2 for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standards

Shuai NIE^1,^2,³,Peng-fei WANG^1,^2,*(),Feng ZHAO^1,²,Fang WANG^1,²,Gang MING^1,²,Zi-jing QIU^1,²,Song-bai KANG^1,²,Gang-hua MEI^1,^2,*()

1. Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
2. Key Laboratory of Atomic Frequency Standards, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received:2021-03-18 Online:2022-03-05 Published:2021-04-09
Contact: Peng-fei WANG,Gang-hua MEI E-mail:wpengfei@apm.ac.cn;mei@apm.ac.cn

摘要/Abstract

摘要：

近年来，铷原子频标研究取得长足进展，频率稳定度达到10^-13τ^-1/2量级.为进一步改善铷频标稳定度性能，本文设计了一种高信噪比物理系统.物理系统中的腔泡组件采用微波场磁力线与量子化轴方向高度平行的开槽管式微波腔，滤光泡和吸收泡独立控温.抽运光源采用了光学滤光和同位素滤光双重滤光方案.本文实测了背景光电流I₀和鉴频斜率K_d，结果分别为95 μA和7.7 nA/Hz，在此基础上计算物理系统的散弹噪声极限稳定度为7.5×10^-14τ^-1/2.研究结果表明，只要锁频环路的电子学噪声得到有效控制，铷频标的频率稳定度突破1×10^-13τ^-1/2，进入10^-14τ^-1/2量级是完全可能的.

关键词: 铷原子频标, 物理系统, 开槽管微波腔, 散弹噪声, 频率稳定度

Abstract:

The performance of the rubidium (Rb) atomic frequency standard has achieved significant improvement in recent years. Its frequency stability has already reached the order of 10^-13τ^-1/2. To further improve Rb frequency standard's stability performance, we developed a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) physics package whose cavity-cell assembly consists of a slotted-tube microwave cavity, separated filter and absorption cells. The microwave cavity has a homogenous field distribution along the quantization axis, and the filter and absorption cells are temperature-controlled independently. We also used an optical and isotopic filtering scheme to suppress shot noise from the pumping light. The physics package's final background photocurrent I₀ and the frequency discrimination slope K_dwere measured to be 95 μA and 7.7 nA/Hz, respectively, and the calculated limit stability of the shot noise of the physical package was 7.5×10^-14τ^-1/2. The result shows that Rb frequency standard can reach an unprecedented stability level below 1×10^-13τ^-1/2 as long as the electronic system's noise could be well controlled.

Key words: rubidium atomic frequency standards, physics package, slotted-tube cavity, shot noise, frequency stability

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O482.53

聂帅,王鹏飞,赵峰,王芳,明刚,邱紫敬,康松柏,梅刚华. 散弹噪声极限稳定度优于1×10^-13τ^-1/2的铷频标物理系统[J]. 波谱学杂志, 2022, 39(1): 108-114.

Shuai NIE,Peng-fei WANG,Feng ZHAO,Fang WANG,Gang MING,Zi-jing QIU,Song-bai KANG,Gang-hua MEI. A Physics Package with Shot-noise Limited Frequency Stability Better Than 1×10^-13τ^-1/2 for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standards[J]. Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2022, 39(1): 108-114.

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