Vibrational sensing at mK temperatures in dry dilution refrigerators using commercial accelerometers for diverse fundamental physics applications

Abstract

This article presents an evaluation of off-the-shelf commercial accelerometers at the mixing chamber stage of a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator at temperatures down to 8 mK. In addition, we present results of radioassay of accelerometers using a high purity germanium detector counting setup. Cryogen-free dilution refrigerators using pulse-tube cryocoolers (PTs) -- due to recent advances in their cooling capacity, long-term stability, and operational costs -- have become ubiquitous tools in a wide range of fields ranging from experimental particle physics to quantum information sciences. However, vibrations induced by PTs can negatively impact the experimental payload in these applications. This work demonstrates that commercially available accelerometers can not only measure vibrations at millikelvin cryogenic temperatures but also pave the way for continuous, in situ, real-time vibration monitoring of dry dilution refrigerators. This monitoring capability facilitates applications such as real-time denoising for vibration-sensitive experiments, thereby enabling ongoing noise assessment and mitigation.

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