Integrating high-precision and fringe-scale displacement sensing using heterodyne cavity-tracking

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Main Authors: Subrahmanya, Shreevathsa Chalathadka, Darsow-Fromm, Christian, Gerberding, Oliver
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author Subrahmanya, Shreevathsa Chalathadka
Darsow-Fromm, Christian
Gerberding, Oliver
author_facet Subrahmanya, Shreevathsa Chalathadka
Darsow-Fromm, Christian
Gerberding, Oliver
contents We present a heterodyne stabilized cavity-based interferometer scheme that can serve as a compact and high-sensitivity displacement sensor with a fringe-scale operating range. The technique, in principle, can reach a sub-femtometer noise floor and an operating range on the order of one laser wavelength at $λ\approx 1\,μm$. With our current experimental setup, we achieve a sensitivity of about $260 fm/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ at $1\,Hz$ and $46 fm/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ at around $130\,Hz$. By probing a length actuated cavity, we demonstrate six orders of magnitude of dynamic range for displacement measurement, reaching a maximum motion of $0.15\,μm$. The tracking bandwidth and displacement range are limited by analog effects in the signal digitization and are extendable in the future.
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spellingShingle Integrating high-precision and fringe-scale displacement sensing using heterodyne cavity-tracking
Subrahmanya, Shreevathsa Chalathadka
Darsow-Fromm, Christian
Gerberding, Oliver
Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
We present a heterodyne stabilized cavity-based interferometer scheme that can serve as a compact and high-sensitivity displacement sensor with a fringe-scale operating range. The technique, in principle, can reach a sub-femtometer noise floor and an operating range on the order of one laser wavelength at $λ\approx 1\,μm$. With our current experimental setup, we achieve a sensitivity of about $260 fm/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ at $1\,Hz$ and $46 fm/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ at around $130\,Hz$. By probing a length actuated cavity, we demonstrate six orders of magnitude of dynamic range for displacement measurement, reaching a maximum motion of $0.15\,μm$. The tracking bandwidth and displacement range are limited by analog effects in the signal digitization and are extendable in the future.
title Integrating high-precision and fringe-scale displacement sensing using heterodyne cavity-tracking
topic Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12350