• DocumentCode
    1304990
  • Title

    Unprecedented long-term frequency stability with a microwave resonator oscillator

  • Author

    Grop, S.G. ; Schafer, W.S. ; Bourgeois, P. ; Kersale, Y.K. ; Oxborrow, M. ; Rubiola, Enrico ; Giordano, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Time & Freq. Dept., Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1694
  • Lastpage
    1697
  • Abstract
    This article reports on the long-term frequency stability characterization of a new type of cryogenic sapphire oscillator using an autonomous pulse-tube cryocooler as its cold source. This new design enables a relative frequency stability of better than 4.5 × 10-15 over one day of integration. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the best long-term frequency stability ever obtained with a signal source based on a macroscopic resonator.
  • Keywords
    cryogenics; frequency stability; microwave oscillators; microwave resonators; microwave tubes; sapphire; autonomous pulse-tube cryocooler; cryogenic sapphire oscillator; frequency stability; macroscopic resonator; microwave resonator oscillator; Frequency synthesizers; Laser stability; Oscillators; Resonant frequency; Thermal stability; Time frequency analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-3010
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1998
  • Filename
    5995228
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1304990