Performance Of Frequency Standards Research Articles

A Review of Commercial and Emerging Atomic Frequency Standards.

Atomic frequency standards are used to generate accurate and precise time and frequency, enabling many communications, synchronization, and navigation systems in modern life. GPS and other satellite navigation systems, voice and data telecommunications, and timestamping of financial transactions all rely on precise time and frequency enabled by atomic frequency standards. This review provides a snapshot and an outlook of commercial and emerging atomic frequency standards. We provide a concise summary of the performance and physics of operation of current atomic frequency standards. In addition, we discuss examples of emerging frequency standard technologies and prototype demonstrations with a focus on technologies expected to provide commercial or military utility within the next decade. We include a comparison of performance versus size and power for current atomic frequency standards. We develop and discuss an empirical relationship between frequency standard performance and product size.

Frequency Calibration System Design Based on FPGA

With the deepening of human exploration of the entire physical world, the precision of time synchronization is more and more accurate in some special domains. This paper presents using the precise GPS(Global Positioning System) clock function, time synchronization system with high-precision FPGA technology and the method of the direct DDS (Direct Digital Synthesizer) achieving the frequency correction. Frequency calibration system is based on FPGA design of GPS precision timing, frequency calibration, short on time and in-depth analysis on performance of frequency standards. Through the combination of hardware and software, the system function is achieved by using of large-scale programmable logic devices. In terms of the realization of high precision to build satellite timing frequency calibration system, the frequency precision can reach ns level.

Comparison of ^87Rb N-resonances for D1 and D2 transitions

We report an experimental comparison of three-photon-absorption resonances (N-resonances) for the D1 and D2 optical transitions of thermal (87)Rb vapor. We find that the D2 N-resonance has better contrast, a broader linewidth, and a more symmetric line shape than the D1 N-resonance. Taken together, these factors imply superior performance for frequency standards operating on alkali D2 N-resonances, in contrast with coherent population trapping resonances, for which the D2 transition provides poorer frequency standard performance than the D1 transition.

Reliability, Serviceability and Performance of Frequency Standards

Reliability, Serviceability and Performance of Frequency Standards