Garrett D Cole, Silvio Koller, Christian Greve, Geoffrey P Barwood, Christoph Deutsch, Paul Gaynor, Mher Ghulinyan, Patrick Gill, Richard Hendricks, Ian Hill, Stefan Kundermann, Roland Le Goff, Steve Lecomte, Christophe Meier, Giancarlo Pepponi, Stéphane Schilt, Christian Stenzel, Robert Sütterlin, Kai Voss, Anton Zhukov
We present the development of a transportable laser frequency stabilization system with application to both optical clocks and a next-generation gravity mission (NGGM) in space. This effort leverages a 5-cm long cubic cavity with crystalline coatings operating at room temperature and with a center wavelength of 1064 nm. The cavity is integrated in a custom vacuum chamber with dedicated low-noise locking electronics. Our vacuum-mounted cavity and control system are well suited for space applications, exhibiting state-of-the-art noise performance while being resilient to radiation exposure, vibration, shock, and temperature variations...
February 12, 2024: Optics Express