Optical cavities for optical atomic clocks, atom interferometry and gravitational-wave detection. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Miguel Dovale Álvarez.
• Other Names: Álvarez, Miguel Dovale
• Contents: Intro; Supervisors' Foreword; Abstract; Publications related to this thesisPushing cavities to the edge for future gravitational wave detectors H. Wang, M. Dovale Álvarez, C. Collins, D. D. Brown, M. Wang, C. M. Mow-Lowry, S. Han, A. Freise Proc. SPIE 10847, Optical Precision Manufacturing, Testing, and Applications, 108470N (2018) | DOI:10.1117/12.2505394Exploring gravity with the MIGA large scale atom interferometer B. Canuel, A. Bertoldi, L. Amand, E. Borgo di Pozzo, T. Chantrait, C. Danquigny, M. Dovale Álvarez, B. Fang, A. Fre; Acknowledgements; Conventions, Notations, and Acronyms 1 Introduction to Optical Cavities, Atomic Clocks, Cold Atoms and Gravitational Waves; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Fabry-Perot Resonator Theory; 1.2.1 Fields in a Fabry-Perot Interferometer; 1.2.2 Static Response and Resonance Condition; 1.2.3 Transverse Modes; 1.2.4 Fundamental Gaussian Beam; 1.2.5 Resonator Stability; 1.3 Structure of the Thesis; References; Part I Cavities for Optical Atomic Clocks; 2 Thermal-Noise-Limited Room-Temperature ULE Cavity; 2.1 Optical Frequency Standards: Towards a Redefinition of the SI Second; 2.2 The Art of Making Ultra-Stable Optical Cavities 2.2.1 Thermal Noise Limit2.2.2 Spacer Length and Mirror ROC; 2.3 Force-Insensitive Optical Cavity; 2.3.1 Spacer Geometry and Material; 2.3.2 Spacer Structural Mechanics; 2.3.3 Model for the Force-Induced Length Fluctuations; 2.4 Optimisation of the Support Positions; 2.4.1 Probing the (dx, dz) Parameter Space; 2.4.2 Transverse and Longitudinal Accelerations; 2.4.3 Further Optimisation of the Spacer Geometry; 2.4.4 Optimal Configuration; 2.4.5 Balanced Support Forces; References; 3 Isolation from External Perturbations; 3.1 Pressure and Temperature Fluctuations and Vibrations 3.1.1 Pressure Sensitivity3.1.2 Temperature Sensitivity; 3.1.3 Vibration Sensitivity; 3.2 Design of the Cavity Enclosure; 3.2.1 Heat Shields; 3.2.2 Vacuum Chamber; 3.3 Heat Transfer in the Cavity Enclosure; 3.3.1 Thermal Modelling; 3.3.2 Radiative Heat Transfer Through the Ventilation Holes; 3.4 CAD Drawings and Photos of the System; References; 4 Measure of the Resonator Stability; 4.1 Status of the Experiment; 4.2 Three-Corner Hat Measurement (March 31st 2018); 4.3 Comparison Over Fibre-Link (April 23rd 2018); References; Part II Cavities for Atom Interferometry; 5 Cavity Atom Optics 5.1 Large Momentum Transfer Beam Splitters Using Optical Cavities5.2 Atomic Bragg Diffraction; 5.2.1 The Atom-Field Hamiltonian; 5.2.2 Adiabatic Elimination of the Excited State; 5.2.3 Equations of Motion of the Momentum Eigenstates; 5.2.4 Numerical Model; 5.2.5 First Order Bragg Diffraction; 5.3 Interaction Regimes; 5.3.1 Raman-Nath Regime (Fast Interaction); 5.3.2 Bragg Regime (Slow and Weak Interaction); 5.3.3 Channeling Regime (Slow and Strong Interaction); 5.4 The Quasi-Bragg Regime; 5.4.1 Pulse-Shape Dependence of the Transition Probability; 5.5 Cavity-Assisted Bragg Beam Splitter
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Subjects: 535/.470287; Atomic clocks; Fabry-Perot interferometers; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030208639
• Related ISBNs: 303020863X; 9783030208622
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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