Single-Element Dual-Interferometer for Precision Inertial Sensing

Sub-Picometer Structural Stability and Performance as a Reference for Laser Frequency Stabilization

verfasst von: Victor Huarcaya, Miguel Dovale Álvarez, Kohei Yamamoto, Yichao Yang, Stefano Gozzo, Pablo Martínez Cano, Moritz Mehmet, Juan José Esteban Delgado, Jianjun Jia, Gerhard Heinzel
Abstract: Future GRACE-like geodesy missions could benefit from adopting accelerometer technology akin to that of the LISA Pathfinder, which employed laser interferometric readout at the sub-picometer level in addition to the conventional capacitive sensing, which is at best at the level of 100 pm. Improving accelerometer performance holds great potential to enhance the scientific output of forthcoming missions, carrying invaluable implications for research in climate, water resource management, and disaster risk reduction. To reach sub-picometer displacement sensing precision in the millihertz range, laser interferometers rely on suppression of laser-frequency noise by several orders of magnitude. Many optical frequency stabilization methods are available with varying levels of complexity, size, and performance. In this paper, we describe the performance of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on a compact monolithic optic. The setup consists of a commercial fiber injector, a custom-designed pentaprism used to split and recombine the laser beam, and two photoreceivers placed at the complementary output ports of the interferometer. The structural stability of the prism is transferred to the laser frequency via amplification, integration, and feedback of the balanced-detection signal, achieving a fractional frequency instability better than 6 parts in (Formula presented.), corresponding to an interferometer pathlength stability better than (Formula presented.). The prism was designed to host a second interferometer to interrogate the position of a test mass. This optical scheme has been dubbed “single-element dual-interferometer” or SEDI.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Gravitationsphysik
QuantumFrontiers
SFB 1227: Designte Quantenzustände der Materie (DQ-mat)
SFB 1464: Relativistische und quanten-basierte Geodäsie (TerraQ)
Externe Organisation(en): Texas A and M University
CAS - Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
Shanghai Aerospace Control Technology Institute
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Sensors
Band: 23
Anzahl der Seiten: 10
ISSN: 1424-8220
Publikationsdatum: 11.12.2023
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Analytische Chemie, Information systems, Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik, Biochemie, Instrumentierung, Elektrotechnik und Elektronik
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung: SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.01078 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23249758 (Zugang: Offen)

BibTeX

@article{e287596c17a645538cd8671e3c2f7574,
title = "Single-Element Dual-Interferometer for Precision Inertial Sensing: Sub-Picometer Structural Stability and Performance as a Reference for Laser Frequency Stabilization",
abstract = "Future GRACE-like geodesy missions could benefit from adopting accelerometer technology akin to that of the LISA Pathfinder, which employed laser interferometric readout at the sub-picometer level in addition to the conventional capacitive sensing, which is at best at the level of 100 pm. Improving accelerometer performance holds great potential to enhance the scientific output of forthcoming missions, carrying invaluable implications for research in climate, water resource management, and disaster risk reduction. To reach sub-picometer displacement sensing precision in the millihertz range, laser interferometers rely on suppression of laser-frequency noise by several orders of magnitude. Many optical frequency stabilization methods are available with varying levels of complexity, size, and performance. In this paper, we describe the performance of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on a compact monolithic optic. The setup consists of a commercial fiber injector, a custom-designed pentaprism used to split and recombine the laser beam, and two photoreceivers placed at the complementary output ports of the interferometer. The structural stability of the prism is transferred to the laser frequency via amplification, integration, and feedback of the balanced-detection signal, achieving a fractional frequency instability better than 6 parts in (Formula presented.), corresponding to an interferometer pathlength stability better than (Formula presented.). The prism was designed to host a second interferometer to interrogate the position of a test mass. This optical scheme has been dubbed “single-element dual-interferometer” or SEDI.",
keywords = "inertial sensing, laser interferometry, optical readout",
author = "Victor Huarcaya and {Dovale {\'A}lvarez}, Miguel and Kohei Yamamoto and Yichao Yang and Stefano Gozzo and {Mart{\'i}nez Cano}, Pablo and Moritz Mehmet and {Esteban Delgado}, {Juan Jos{\'e}} and Jianjun Jia and Gerhard Heinzel",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) Project—ID 434617780-SFB 1464. The authors acknowledge support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Sonderforschungsbereich 1128 Relativistic Geodesy and Cluster of Excellence “QuantumFrontiers: Light and Matter at the Quantum Frontier: Foundations and Applications in Metrology” (EXC-2123, Project No. 390837967) and Max Planck Society (MPS) through the LEGACY cooperation on low-frequency gravitational wave astronomy (M.IF.A.QOP18098). The authors also acknowledge support by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with funds from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) according to a decision of the German Federal Parliament (Grant No. 50OQ2301, based on Grants No. 50OQ0601, No. 50OQ1301, No. 50OQ1801). ",
year = "2023",
month = dec,
day = "11",
doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2310.01078",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
journal = "Sensors",
issn = "1424-8220",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute",
number = "24",
}