An Active Vibration Isolator for the Space Optical Clock

Abstract

Space optical clock is an important device for future space science experiments. Inevitably, the micro-vibration level in the order of micro-g (μg) is required for ultra-stable optical reference cavity of space optical clock. However, the existing research on active vibration isolators of space optical clock is still in the laboratory development stage, and their vibration isolation control algorithms still rely on high-performance commercial real-time controllers, making it difficult to meet the application requirements for isolators of space optical clock. On the basis of the previous work, this paper describes the development an active vibration isolator that meets the experimental requirements of the space optical clock. Based on the DSP embedded vibration isolation controller, an anti-saturation control algorithm is designed, which solves the problems of high order of robust controllers, large computing resources and difficult parameter debugging. The active vibration isolation experimental system is further developed, and the experimental results validate the effectiveness of the developed active vibration isolator and anti-saturation control algorithm.