• DocumentCode
    1383512
  • Title

    Interrogation oscillator noise rejection in the comparison of atomic fountains

  • Author

    Bize, Sebastien ; Sortais, Yvan ; Lemonde, Pierre ; Zhang, Shougang ; Laurent, Philippe ; Santarelli, Giorgio ; Salomon, Christophe ; Clairon, Andre

  • Author_Institution
    BNM-LPTF, Obs. de Paris, France
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1253
  • Lastpage
    1255
  • Abstract
    The frequency stability of an atomic fountain clock can be limited by the phase noise of the interrogation oscillator via the "Dick effect." In this paper we demonstrate the rejection of the phase fluctuations of the interrogation oscillator by the synchronization of atomic fountains. A reduction by a factor of 16 in the Allan standard deviation of the relative frequency difference between two fountains has been obtained.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; frequency stability; frequency standards; phase noise; synchronization; Allan standard deviation; Dick effect; atomic fountain clock; frequency stability; interrogation oscillator; phase noise rejection; synchronization; 1f noise; Atomic clocks; Fluctuations; Frequency conversion; Frequency synchronization; Oscillators; Phase noise; Process control; Stability; Standards development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-3010
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/58.869073
  • Filename
    869073
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1383512