为便携式Ca+离子光学时钟设计板级集成多通道无线电频源
Bin Wang1,2,3, Yuanhang Yang3, Huaqing Zhang1
1Key Laboratory of Time Reference and Applications, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 26, 2025
概括
一个新的紧型射频 (RF) 模块显著减少了光学时钟的尺寸. 这一进步支持下一代使用可携带离子 (Ca +) 光学钟来定义秒.
科学领域:
- 原子,分子和光学物理学
- 计量学和测量科学 计量学和测量科学
- 电气和电子工程 电气和电子工程
背景情况:
- 光学时钟对于重新定义秒钟至关重要,但为了更广泛的应用,需要小型化.
- 便携式光学时钟,就像使用40Ca+离子的时钟一样,需要紧的支电子设备.
- 现有的射频 (RF) 模块对于便携式时钟系统来说往往太大了.
研究的目的:
- 设计和实施一个小型的,多通道的RF模块,用于可携带的40Ca+离子光学时钟.
- 开发用于直接数字合成的低相噪声参考源.
- 为了提高射频信号生成和放大性能,以实现精确的定时.
主要方法:
- 与商业模块相比,设计了一种多通道射频模块,其音量减少了20%.
- 开发了一种使用双晶振荡器互锁的1GHz低相噪声参考源.
- 优化信号链路设计,适用于0-400 MHz频段,分辨率为4μHz.
- 采用两级功率放大器与专用过器,以提高输出功率和信号纯度.
主要成果:
- 在RF模块中实现了20%的体积减少.
- 生成低相噪声高分辨率 (4μHz) 的射频信号.
- 在100 MHz获得的+33 dBm输出功率,相位噪声明显低于商业模块 (-1 Hz-25 dB).
- 在300MHz时,第三波抑制提高了超过20dB.
结论:
- 开发的多通道射频模块符合可携带40Ca+光学时钟的严格要求.
- 该模块的性能提高了729nm时钟激光器的功率稳定性和计时控制.
- 这种紧的射频模块在其他量子系统中具有潜在的应用,包括重力计,陀螺仪和量子计算机.
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