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中国物理学会期刊

谐振型电光相位调制及光电探测功能器件的研发及应用

Resonant electro-optic phase modulator and photodetector for stabilizing laser frequency and quantum optics

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.72.20230485
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  • 针对极微弱信号提取及探测需求, 研发高调制深度、低功耗、低半波电压的谐振型电光相位调制(RPM)以及微瓦级、高信噪比谐振型光电探测(RPD)功能器件. 基于单端楔角铌酸锂晶体、低噪声光电二极管及低损高Q电子元件组成谐振电路, 利用谐振增强原理实现低功耗、高调制深度电光调制及高增益光电探测等; 所研发的RPM在最佳调制频点为10.00 MHz时, 带宽为225 kHz, Q值为44.4, 调制深度为1.435时所需射频驱动电压峰值为8 V; RPM在最佳调制频点为20.00 MHz时, 带宽为460 kHz, Q值为43.5, 调制深度为1.435时所需射频驱动电压峰值为13 V; 将自研的RPD最佳探测频点调节为20.00 MHz, 带宽为1 MHz, Q值为20, 增益为80 dB@100 μW; 利用自研RPM和RPD组成极微弱信号提取链路, 在500 mV峰值电压驱动RPM下(调制深度约为0.055), 可实现直接输出误差信号信噪比为5.088@10 μW, 34.933@50 μW以及58.7@100 μW. 极微弱信号提取链路经过比例积分微分参数优化提升整个反馈控制环路性能及稳定性, 为制备高稳定量子光源及超稳激光等领域提供关键器件及技术途径.

     

    Photoelectric functional device with specific optical, electrical and photoelectric conversion effects is one of the most important resources of modern information science and technology. Electro-optic modulator and photodetector are very important photoelectric functional devices, which are key devices in the fields of frequency locking, feedback control, photoelectric information conversion, optical communication, photoelectric information modulation, etc., and play an irreplaceable role in frequency stabilization locking technology of PDH (Pound-Drever-Hall, simply referred to as PDH). The PDH technology is widely used in researches of large scientific devices, quantum optics, optical communication and other fields. Using electro-optical phase modulator to carry out laser phase modulation is the primary process to realize frequency stabilization locking of standard PDH. Photoelectric detection can implement the photoelectric conversion of the carried weak modulation signal and spectral peak signal into electrical signal, and then feedback control through proportional integral and differential circuits, so as to achieve stable locking and frequency stabilization. The resonant electro-optical phase modulation (RPM) with high modulation depth, low power consumption and low half-wave voltage and microwatt resonant photoelectric detection (RPD) functional device with high signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio are invented to meet the demand for extraction and detection of extremely weak signals. The resonant circuit is composed of the single-end wedge-angle lithium niobate crystal, low noise photodiode and low-loss and high-Q electronic components. Low power consumption, high modulation depth electro-optic modulation, and high gain photoelectric detection are realized by the principle of resonant enhancement. When the optimal modulation frequency point is 10 MHz, the bandwidth of RPM is 225 kHz with Q of 44.4, when the modulation depth is 1.435, the RPM requires RF drive voltage of RPM to be 4 V. When the optimal modulation frequency point is 20 MHz, the bandwidth of RPM is 460 kHz with Q of 43.5, the required RF drive voltage of RPM is 6.5 V when the modulation depth is 1.435. The optimal detection frequency point of the self-invent RPD is 20.00 MHz, with a bandwidth of 1 MHz, Q of 20, the gain of 80 dB at 100 μW. With the home-made RPM and RPD in the extraction loop for extremely weak signal, the SNR of error signal is as high as 5.088 at 10 μW, 34.933 at 50 μW and 58.7 at 100 μW. Such a loop improves the performance and stability of the entire feedback control loop by optimizing parameters of proportional integral differential, which provides key devices and technological approaches for preparing a highly stable quantum light source and ultra-stable laser.

     

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