High Precision Inertial Sensors on a One Inch Diameter Optic
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| author | Carter, Jonathan J Birckigt, Pascal Gerberding, Oliver Koehlenbeck, Sina M. |
| author_facet | Carter, Jonathan J Birckigt, Pascal Gerberding, Oliver Koehlenbeck, Sina M. |
| contents | Compact, high-precision inertial sensors are needed to isolate many modern physics experiments from disturbances caused by seismic motion. We present a novel inertial sensor whose mechanical oscillator fits on a standard one-inch diameter optic. The oscillators achieve a Quality factor of over 600,000 and a resonance frequency of 50\,Hz, giving them a suspension thermal noise floor lower than all commercially available inertial sensors. The oscillator is combined with a Pound-Drever-Hall based readout scheme that achieves a displacement noise of 100\,f\msqrthz above 0.2\,Hz. We integrate the oscillator and readout to make two inertial sensors. Of order n$g$ performance is achieved in a broad band from 0.1\,Hz to 200\,Hz. Below 20\,Hz, the sensor presented here offers comparable performance to the best inertial sensors available today while being a fraction of the size. Above 20\,Hz, the sensor is, to the author's knowledge, the best demonstrated in the literature to date for a device of this style, with a self-noise floor of 0.1\,n$g$\sqrthz. The excellent performance of the sensors across the relevant seismic frequencies, vacuum compatibility, and compact size make it a prime candidate for integration into sophisticated seismic isolation schemes, such as those used by gravitational wave detectors. |
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| spellingShingle | High Precision Inertial Sensors on a One Inch Diameter Optic Carter, Jonathan J Birckigt, Pascal Gerberding, Oliver Koehlenbeck, Sina M. Instrumentation and Detectors Optics Compact, high-precision inertial sensors are needed to isolate many modern physics experiments from disturbances caused by seismic motion. We present a novel inertial sensor whose mechanical oscillator fits on a standard one-inch diameter optic. The oscillators achieve a Quality factor of over 600,000 and a resonance frequency of 50\,Hz, giving them a suspension thermal noise floor lower than all commercially available inertial sensors. The oscillator is combined with a Pound-Drever-Hall based readout scheme that achieves a displacement noise of 100\,f\msqrthz above 0.2\,Hz. We integrate the oscillator and readout to make two inertial sensors. Of order n$g$ performance is achieved in a broad band from 0.1\,Hz to 200\,Hz. Below 20\,Hz, the sensor presented here offers comparable performance to the best inertial sensors available today while being a fraction of the size. Above 20\,Hz, the sensor is, to the author's knowledge, the best demonstrated in the literature to date for a device of this style, with a self-noise floor of 0.1\,n$g$\sqrthz. The excellent performance of the sensors across the relevant seismic frequencies, vacuum compatibility, and compact size make it a prime candidate for integration into sophisticated seismic isolation schemes, such as those used by gravitational wave detectors. |
| title | High Precision Inertial Sensors on a One Inch Diameter Optic |
| topic | Instrumentation and Detectors Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12632 |