Notched Cavities: NOT-TBD
Notched cavities offer reduced acceleration sensitivity as compared to a cylindrical cavity, and has the lowest thermal noise floor of any cavity design.
A tried and true cavity geometry
Performance & Specs
| Frequency Drift | < 5 kHz/day at zero crossing temperature, 1550 nm |
| Temperature Drift | < 7 mK/°C |
| Temperature Control Range | ambient to 40°C |
| Thermal Time Constant | 4 hours |
| Achievable Pressure | < 10-6 Torr |
Features
- < 7 mK/°C temperature drift over an intermediate operating temperature range (15 – 40°C)
- Notched cavity options with even lower acceleration sensitivity for linewidths below 50 Hz
- Optional mode matching from fiber to cavity
- Can be optimized for commercially available or custom cavity designs
- Adapts well to transportable and dual stage designs
Customization Options
- Each cavity housing is built to order and fully customized to the application
- Fiber coupling, with mode matching from fiber to cavity of ~90%
- TEC cooling option in place of heating
- Dual stage temperature stabilization/isolation
- Transportable housings with rotary clamp feedthrough
- Radiation shield option available to give thermal time constant of 7 hours