Phase noise measurement of external cavity diode lasers and implications for optomechanical sideband cooling of GHz mechanical modes

T.J. Kippenberg; M.L. Gorodetsky; Albert Schliesser

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/1/015019

Phase noise measurement of external cavity diode lasers and implications for optomechanical sideband cooling of GHz mechanical modes

T.J. Kippenberg, M.L. Gorodetsky, Albert Schliesser

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Abstract

Cavity-optomechanical cooling via radiation pressure dynamical backaction enables ground-state cooling of mechanical oscillators, provided the laser exhibits sufficiently low phase noise. In this paper, we investigate and measure the excess phase noise of widely tunable external cavity diode lasers, which have been used in a range of recent nano-optomechanical experiments, including ground-state cooling. We report significant excess frequency noise, with peak values of the order of 10⁷ rad² Hz near 3.5 GHz, attributed to the diode lasers' relaxation oscillations. The measurements reveal that even at GHz frequencies diode lasers do not exhibit quantum-limited performance. The associated excess backaction can preclude ground-state cooling even in state-of-the-art nano-optomechanical systems and can, moreover, lead to noise-induced sideband asymmetries.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	015019
Tidsskrift	New Journal of Physics
Vol/bind	15
ISSN	1367-2630
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/1/015019
Status	Udgivet - 25 jan. 2013
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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Phase noise measurement of external cavity diode lasers and implications for optomechanical sideband cooling of GHz mechanical modes

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