Development of a Quantum Blackbody Thermometer toward Primary On-orbit Thermometry
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| author | Beierle, Peter J. Tremblay, Denis Schlossberger, Noah Holloway, Christopher L. Eckel, Stephen P. Norrgard, Eric B. |
| author_facet | Beierle, Peter J. Tremblay, Denis Schlossberger, Noah Holloway, Christopher L. Eckel, Stephen P. Norrgard, Eric B. |
| contents | We present a roadmap to a deployable, intrinsically calibrated thermometer with long-term accuracy of 30 mK, exceeding existing on-orbit resistance-based thermometers. Our quantum blackbody thermometer is based on measuring fluorescence ratios of optically excited rubidium atoms in microfabricated vapor cells. The key advantage of the quantum blackbody thermometer is that long-term stability of the fluorescence ratios is guaranteed by the immutable physical properties (transition strengths) of the rubidium atom. This should be compared against resistance-based thermometers, such as platinum resistance thermometers, which may be calibrated with exceptional accuracy but are susceptible to temporal drift and shifts due to improper handling. |
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| spellingShingle | Development of a Quantum Blackbody Thermometer toward Primary On-orbit Thermometry Beierle, Peter J. Tremblay, Denis Schlossberger, Noah Holloway, Christopher L. Eckel, Stephen P. Norrgard, Eric B. Atomic Physics We present a roadmap to a deployable, intrinsically calibrated thermometer with long-term accuracy of 30 mK, exceeding existing on-orbit resistance-based thermometers. Our quantum blackbody thermometer is based on measuring fluorescence ratios of optically excited rubidium atoms in microfabricated vapor cells. The key advantage of the quantum blackbody thermometer is that long-term stability of the fluorescence ratios is guaranteed by the immutable physical properties (transition strengths) of the rubidium atom. This should be compared against resistance-based thermometers, such as platinum resistance thermometers, which may be calibrated with exceptional accuracy but are susceptible to temporal drift and shifts due to improper handling. |
| title | Development of a Quantum Blackbody Thermometer toward Primary On-orbit Thermometry |
| topic | Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20607 |