Note: Directly measuring the direct digital synthesizer frequency chirp-rate for an atom interferometer

Juan Juan Tao, Min Kang Zhou, Qiao Zhen Zhang, Jia Feng Cui, Xiao Chun Duan, Cheng Gang Shao, Zhong Kun Hu

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Abstract

During gravity measurements with Raman type atom interferometry, the frequency of the laser used to drive Raman transition is scanned by chirping the frequency of a direct digital synthesizer (DDS), and the local gravity is determined by precisely measuring the chip rate α of DDS. We present an effective method that can directly evaluate the frequency chirp rate stability of our DDS. By mixing a pair of synchronous linear sweeping signals, the chirp rate fluctuation is precisely measured with a frequency counter. The measurement result shows that the relative α instability can reach 5.7 × 10-11 in 1 s, which is neglectable in a 10-9 g level atom interferometry gravimeter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number096108
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume86
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2015
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China11205064, 11204094, 41127002

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