Study on the Factors Affecting the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Two-Photon Optical Frequency Standard Spectral Lines Based on Rubidium Atom
ZHANG Jiong-yang1, ZHAI Hao1, 2*, XIAO Yu-hua1*, WANG Ji1*, DAI Hu1, CHEN Jiang1
1. National Key Laboratory on Vacuum Technology and Physics, Lanzhou Institute of Physics, Lanzhou 730000, China
2. School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China
Abstract:The optical frequency standard based on two-photon transition is expected to become a miniaturized optical atomic clock available in the future. Acquiring spectral lines with a high signal-to-noise ratio is an important prerequisite for achieving high-performance optical frequency standards. The experimental setup of the two-photon transition optical frequency standard was completed. The factors affecting the signal-to-noise ratio of the optical frequency standard spectral line were experimentally analyzed from the aspects of laser intensity, atomic density, and the gain of the photomultiplier tube, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the optical frequency standard transition spectral line under different parameter values was obtained. Experimental results show that the spectral line's signal-to-noise ratio increases linearly with the increase of the laser intensity in the range of 15 700 mW·mm-2.When the atomicitydensity reaches 1.5×1013 cm-3 and the PMT gain is 1.2×105, the signal-to-noise ratio of the spectral line reaches saturation. The signal-to-noise ratio of the spectral line of the two-photon transition optical frequency standard obtained by this setup can reach up to 2600. Considering that the linewidth of the two-photon transition spectral line is 1MHz, the short-term frequency stability of the optical frequency standard is expected to reach 3×10-13τ-1/2. By studying the factors affecting the signal-to-noise ratio of two-photon optical frequency standard spectral lines based on Rubidium atoms, the atomic transition spectral line with a high signal-to-noise ratio is obtained, which is of great significance for the development of high-performance and integrated two-photon optical frequency standards.
Key words:Two-photon transition;Optical frequency standard;Transition spectral lines;Signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)
张炯阳,翟 浩,肖玉华,王 骥,代 虎,陈 江. 铷原子双光子光频标谱线信噪比影响因素研究[J]. 光谱学与光谱分析, 2025, 45(07): 1894-1899.
ZHANG Jiong-yang, ZHAI Hao, XIAO Yu-hua, WANG Ji, DAI Hu, CHEN Jiang. Study on the Factors Affecting the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Two-Photon Optical Frequency Standard Spectral Lines Based on Rubidium Atom. SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2025, 45(07): 1894-1899.
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