A prototype industrial laser system for cold atom inertial sensing in space
Romain Caldani, Sébastien Merlet, Franck Pereira Dos Santos, Guillaume Stern, Anne-Sophie Martin, Bruno Desruelle, Vincent Ménoret
(Submitted on 27 Aug 2019)
We present the design, realization, characterization and testing of an industrial prototype of a laser system, which is based on frequency doubling of telecom lasers and features all key functionalities to drive a cold atom space gradiometer based on the architecture proposed in [Trimeche et al, 2019]. Testing was performed by implementing the laser system onto a ground based atomic sensor currently under development. The system reaches a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 4, corresponding to an operational validation in a controlled environment. The optical architecture of the system can be adapted to other space mission scenarios.
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1908.10058 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:1908.10058v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
Submission history
From: Vincent Ménoret
[v1] Tue, 27 Aug 2019 07:25:23 UTC (836 KB)
