Agile low phase noise radio-frequency sine wave generator applied to experiments on ultracold atoms

Details Agile low phase noise radio-frequency sine wave generator applied to experiments on ultracold atoms Agile low phase noise radio-frequency sine wave generator applied to experiments on ultracold atoms

2007-04-16

arxiv.org/abs/0704.1974v1

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Atomic Physics

10 pages, 6 figures

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We report on the frequency performance of a low cost (~500$) radio-frequency sine wave generator, using direct digital synthesis (DDS) and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The output frequency of the device may be changed dynamically to any arbitrary value ranging from DC to 10 MHz without any phase slip. Sampling effects are substantially reduced by a high sample rate, up to 1 MHz, and by a large memory length, more than 2.10^5 samples. By using a low noise external oscillator to clock the DDS, we demonstrate a phase noise as low as that of the master clock, that is at the level of -113 dB.rad^2/Hz at 1 Hz from the carrier for an output frequency of 3.75 MHz. The device is successfully used to confine an ultracold atomic cloud of rubidium 87 in a RF-based trap, and there is no extra heating from the RF source.

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