Zhou Min-Kang, Xiong Xin, Chen Le-Le, Cui Jia-Feng, Duan Xiao-Chun, Hu Zhong-Kun
MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luo Yu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2015 Apr;86(4):046108. doi: 10.1063/1.4919292.
An ultra-low frequency active vibration isolator, simultaneously suppressing three-dimensional vibration noise, is demonstrated experimentally. The equivalent natural period of the isolator is 100 s and 12 s for the vertical and horizontal direction, respectively. The vibration noise in the vertical direction is about 50 times reduced during 0.2 and 2 Hz, and 5 times reduced in the other two orthogonal directions in the same frequency range. This isolator is designed for atom gravimeters, especially suitable for the gravimeter whose sensitivity is limited by vibration couplings.