Pound-Drever-Hall Frequency Stabilization for Atom Interferometry

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Abstract: We present the development and implementation of a Pound-Drever-Hall laser frequency stabilization system for two lasers for use in a prototype of an atom interferometric gravitational wave detector. Techniques of coupling our lasers into an optical cavity, a measurement of our optical cavity finesse employing an optical cavity transient simulation fit, a measurement of the transfer functions of our stabilization components, a design of our locking circuitry, and our analysis of the lock stability are presented. We also present an outlook describing implementing these stabilized lasers into our larger experimental setup.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 14, 2018

Author	Holland, Connor Martin
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Physics
Primary advisor	Hogan, Jason
Advisor	Moler, Kathryn A.

Subject	Pound-Drever-Hall Frequency Stabilization
Subject	Atom Interferometry
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tb365dg5421

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Preferred Citation: Holland, Connor Martin. (2018). Pound-Drever-Hall Frequency Stabilization for Atom Interferometry. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/tb365dg5421

Undergraduate Theses, Department of Physics

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