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Title: Note: A versatile radio-frequency source for cold atom experiments

Abstract

A radio-frequency (RF) source designed for cold atom experiments is presented. The source uses AD9858, a direct digital synthesizer, to generate the sine wave directly, up to 400 MHz, with sub-Hz resolution. An amplitude control circuit consisting of wideband variable gain amplifier and high speed digital to analog converter is integrated into the source, capable of 70 dB off isolation and 4 ns on-off keying. A field programmable gate array is used to implement a versatile frequency and amplitude co-sweep logic. Owing to modular design, the RF sources have been used on many cold atom experiments to generate various complicated RF sequences, enriching the operation schemes of cold atoms, which cannot be done by standard RF source instruments.

Authors:
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  1. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22597662
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; AMPLIFIERS; AMPLITUDES; ATOMS; CONTROL; DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS; MHZ RANGE 100-1000; OPERATION; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; RESOLUTION; VELOCITY

Citation Formats

Li, Na, Wu, Yu-Ping, Min, Hao, Yang, Tao, Jiang, Xiao, and CAS Center for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Center in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026. Note: A versatile radio-frequency source for cold atom experiments. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4961640.
Li, Na, Wu, Yu-Ping, Min, Hao, Yang, Tao, Jiang, Xiao, & CAS Center for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Center in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026. Note: A versatile radio-frequency source for cold atom experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961640
Li, Na, Wu, Yu-Ping, Min, Hao, Yang, Tao, Jiang, Xiao, and CAS Center for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Center in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026. 2016. "Note: A versatile radio-frequency source for cold atom experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961640.
@article{osti_22597662,
title = {Note: A versatile radio-frequency source for cold atom experiments},
author = {Li, Na and Wu, Yu-Ping and Min, Hao and Yang, Tao and Jiang, Xiao and CAS Center for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Center in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026},
abstractNote = {A radio-frequency (RF) source designed for cold atom experiments is presented. The source uses AD9858, a direct digital synthesizer, to generate the sine wave directly, up to 400 MHz, with sub-Hz resolution. An amplitude control circuit consisting of wideband variable gain amplifier and high speed digital to analog converter is integrated into the source, capable of 70 dB off isolation and 4 ns on-off keying. A field programmable gate array is used to implement a versatile frequency and amplitude co-sweep logic. Owing to modular design, the RF sources have been used on many cold atom experiments to generate various complicated RF sequences, enriching the operation schemes of cold atoms, which cannot be done by standard RF source instruments.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4961640},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22597662}, journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 8,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}