• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 50, Issue 23, 2301009 (2023)
Hailin Hu1, Yihang Yu2, Dijun Chen2, Guangwei Sun2..., Kangwen Yang1, Fang Wei2,* and Fei Yang2,**|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Optical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai , 200093, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Hailin Hu, Yihang Yu, Dijun Chen, Guangwei Sun, Kangwen Yang, Fang Wei, Fei Yang. Measurement Technology of Laser Relative Intensity Noise at Low Frequency for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detection[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(23): 2301009 Copy Citation Text show less
    Laser RIN evaluation system at low frequency
    Fig. 1. Laser RIN evaluation system at low frequency
    Schematic diagram of Smooth algorithm
    Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of Smooth algorithm
    DMM background noise test. (a) Voltage fluctuation in the time domain of DMM; (b) background noise after FFT and Smooth processing; (c) background noise after WOSA and Smooth processing; (d) comparison of test results with DMM stabilization and without stabilization
    Fig. 3. DMM background noise test. (a) Voltage fluctuation in the time domain of DMM; (b) background noise after FFT and Smooth processing; (c) background noise after WOSA and Smooth processing; (d) comparison of test results with DMM stabilization and without stabilization
    Photodetector. (a) Internal structure; (b) temperature and vibration isolation package
    Fig. 4. Photodetector. (a) Internal structure; (b) temperature and vibration isolation package
    PD background noise test. (a) PD voltage fluctuations in the time domain; (b) PD background noise
    Fig. 5. PD background noise test. (a) PD voltage fluctuations in the time domain; (b) PD background noise
    Comparison of background noise before and after the addition of LNA in the test system (b)
    Fig. 6. Comparison of background noise before and after the addition of LNA in the test system (b)
    RIN and error rate of the laser at different sampling time
    Fig. 7. RIN and error rate of the laser at different sampling time
    RIN test results. (a) RIN of different frequency bands measured by DMM and SR770; (b) RIN of laser in 0.1 mHz~100 kHz frequency band
    Fig. 8. RIN test results. (a) RIN of different frequency bands measured by DMM and SR770; (b) RIN of laser in 0.1 mHz~100 kHz frequency band
    RIN of different types of lasers at low frequency
    Fig. 9. RIN of different types of lasers at low frequency
    FrequencyRIN /(dBc·Hz-1
    0.1 mHz‒10 kHz-80
    10 kHz‒100 kHz-100
    100 kHz‒700 kHz-80
    700 kHz‒5 MHz-130.4
    5 MHz‒50 MHz-80
    50 MHz‒5 GHz-86
    Table 1. Requirements of space-based gravitational wave detection on RIN of laser[12]
    Integration time /sResolution /10-6Sampling rate /(Sa·s-1
    10.3050
    20.2025
    100.105
    1000.030.5
    Table 2. Noise performance of DMM
    Sampling time /sError rate /%
    10000uncalculable
    2000070.72
    3000050.00
    4000040.82
    5000035.35
    6000031.73
    7000028.87
    8000026.73
    Table 3. Error rate of RIN test with different sampling time
    Hailin Hu, Yihang Yu, Dijun Chen, Guangwei Sun, Kangwen Yang, Fang Wei, Fei Yang. Measurement Technology of Laser Relative Intensity Noise at Low Frequency for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detection[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(23): 2301009
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