• DocumentCode
    564367
  • Title

    Study of the paramagnetic properties of Fe3+ ions in sapphire towards realizing an ultra-stable cryogenic maser oscillator

  • Author

    Benmessaï, K. ; Bourgeois, P.Y. ; Oxborrow, M. ; Bazin, N. ; Kersalé, Y. ; Giordano, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. LPMO, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besançon, France
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    27-30 March 2006
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Lastpage
    91
  • Abstract
    In a preceding publication, we reported the experimental demonstration of maser oscillation at 12.04 GHz in a cryogenic sapphire whispering-gallery-mode resonator, where the resonator´s dielectric ring contained a low concentration of paramagnetic Fe3+ ions within its monocrystalline sapphire lattice. Our preliminary measurements revealed a frequency stability of the order of 2.5×10-14 in a non-optimized design. In this paper, we report new measurements made on this same resonator to determine more precisely the main parameters affecting the dynamics of the Fe3+ ions when exposed to a microwave signal within their ESR bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    cryogenics; iron; market opportunities; martensitic structure; masers; oscillators; paramagnetic materials; sapphire; whispering gallery modes; Al2O3; Fe3+; cryogenic sapphire; dielectric ring; frequency 12.04 GHz; maser oscillation; microwave signal; paramagnetic properties; ultra-stable cryogenic maser oscillator; whispering-gallery-mode resonator; Frequency measurement; Ions; Magnetic susceptibility; Masers; Oscillators; Resonant frequency; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), 2006 20th European
  • Conference_Location
    Braunschweig
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2642-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6230951
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=564367