Open AccessHigh-precision frequency synthesizer for geophysical and biotechnical measurements using laser meter
Author(s) -
A. Yu. Rybushkin,
Yu. N. Fomin,
Vadim Zhmud,
В. А. Васильев,
N. A. Kusyakin,
V. M. Semibalamut,
Lubomir Dimitrov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1333/6/062030
Subject(s) - laser , observatory , frequency synthesizer , vibration , gauge (firearms) , metre , acoustics , remote sensing , computer science , geology , physics , phase locked loop , optics , materials science , phase noise , astronomy , astrophysics , metallurgy
The paper describes a frequency synthesizer for expanding applications and improving the accuracy of a laser device for measuring ultra-small displacements. Such devices are used to measure Earth’s crust deformations. The specified device allows measuring the increment of lengths based on 25 m in two mutually orthogonal directions. Year-round use of such device in an observatory tunnel inside a mountain, such as, for example, in the Talaya Observatory near Lake Baikal, allows for detailed recording of Earth’s crust deformations by studying the long-term and relatively short-term components of these vibrations. The main use of these results consists in registering a nonstandard change in the deformations, which can serve as a precursor of earthquakes, which causes the highest relevance of these studies. The device contains two lasers tied to each other in frequency with a frequency difference defined from the outside. The binding is carried out by a phase locked loop system, and a reference sample oscillator forms the external frequency. For some applications, the highest accuracy of the frequency tuning of the reference oscillator is required, which is achieved only by using a frequency synthesizer specially designed for this purpose. The paper describes the main circuit solutions for this synthesizer and the results of its use as part of the specified high-precision laser gauge of displacements and deformations of Earth’s crust.