27 research outputs found
Thermal noise of whispering gallery resonators
By direct application of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we numerically
calculate the fundamental dimensional fluctuations of crystalline CaF2
whispering gallery resonators in the case of structural damping, and the limit
that this noise imposes on the frequency stability of such resonators at both
room and cryogenic temperatures. We analyze elasto-optic noise - the effect of
Brownian dimensional fluctuation on frequency via the strain-dependence of the
refractive index - a noise term that has so far not been considered for
whispering-gallery resonators. We find that dimensional fluctuation sets a
lower limit of 1E-16 to the Allan deviation for a 10-millimeter-radius sphere
at 5 K, predominantly via induced fluctuation of the refractive index.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
A silicon single-crystal cryogenic optical resonator
We report on the demonstration and characterization of a silicon optical
resonator for laser frequency stabilization, operating in the deep cryogenic
regime at temperatures as low as 1.5 K. Robust operation was achieved, with
absolute frequency drift less than 20 Hz over 1 hour. This stability allowed
sensitive measurements of the resonator thermal expansion coefficient
(). We found at 1.6 K. At
16.8 K vanishes, with a derivative equal to . The temperature of the resonator was stabilized to a level below 10
K for averaging times longer than 20 s. The sensitivity of the resonator
frequency to a variation of the laser power was also studied. The corresponding
sensitivities and the expected Brownian noise indicate that this system should
enable frequency stabilization of lasers at the low- level.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Spectrally narrow, long-term stable optical frequency reference based on a Eu:YSiO crystal at cryogenic temperature
Using an ultrastable continuous-wave laser at 580 nm we performed spectral
hole burning of Eu:YSiO at very high spectral resolution.
Essential parameters determining the usefulness as a "macroscopic" frequency
reference: linewidth, temperature sensitivity, long-term stability were
characterized, using a H-maser stabilized frequency comb. Spectral holes with
linewidth as low as 6 kHz were observed and the upper limit of the drift of the
hole frequency was determined to be on the order of 53 mHz/s. We discuss
necessary requirements for achieving ultra-high-stability in laser frequency
stabilization to these spectral holes.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Currents of second kind in electroweak interactions of leptons with nucleons and nuclei
Matrix elements of nucleon currents are investigated in the paper aiming at the search of possible contributions of currents of the second kind into differential probabilities of betta-decays and differential sections of the neutrino scattering on light nuclei. As a result expressions for differential sections of scattering and differential probabilities of betta-decays of nuclei and nucleons with the account of currents of the second kind, right lepton currents and mass of neutrino have been obtained. The paper results may find their field of application in physics of elementary particles and nuclear physicsAvailable from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio