Experimental evidence of a fundamental noise floor at the tens of millihertz level in laser locking onto unbalanced fibre-based Michelson interferometer

Creators: Audo, Frédéric; Coulon, Jean-Pierre; Kéfélian, Fabien

Others:: Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux (ARTEMIS) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Région PACA; Labex First-TF; EPS; OSA; IEEE Photonics Society; ANR-10-LABX-0048,FIRST-TF,Network of Facilities for Innovation, Research, Services and Training in Time & Frequency(2010)

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We show the existence and explain the origin of a fundamental frequency noise floor at the tens of millihertz level when a low noise laser is locked on an unbalanced long-fiber-based Michelson interferometer.

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Experimental evidence of a fundamental noise floor at the tens of millihertz level in laser locking onto unbalanced fibre-based Michelson interferometer

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