An atomic clock synchronized versatile all-in-one digital ‘LockBox’
摘要
A reliable and robust active stabilization of different control parameters is key to the success of many experiments. The essential hardware for that; lock-in detection, RF generator, and proportional-integral-derivative feedback control should have sufficient bandwidth, low noise operation and versatility to use the system in different applications. Here we report a fully digital, all essential requirements in one system (LockBox), featured with complete control cum monitoring of the signals from a touchscreen display and the possibility of operating from a remote PC. The lock-in in it has DC to 840 kHz bandwidth, the sinusoidal generator for RF modulation is up to 62.5 MHz, the system noise is 13.2