A compact, ultra-stable 729 nm laser system with a volume about 0.1 m3 is realized.
The linewidth of the laser is about 0.9 Hz and instability is about 2E-15 at 1–100 s.
2×10−15 This laser is used in a miniaturized 40Ca+ ion optical clock as a local oscillator.
The instability of the optical clock is 3.4E−14/τ1/2 with a 729 nm probe time 20 ms.