Application of the Kenschaft model to the analysis of the rubidium gas cell frequency standard

Author

Lyon, K.D. ; Riley, W.J.

Author_Institution

EG&G Frequency Products, Salem, MA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-7 Jun 1996

Firstpage

1032

Lastpage

1040

Abstract

The Kenschaft model is a relatively simple, yet accurate, means to simulate the response of the physics package of a rubidium gas cell passive atomic frequency standard to a modulated microwave interrogating signal. It is based on an analysis of the response of a two-level atomic system to modulated RF, and can be represented in the form of a block diagram. This model allows the relevant physical parameters to be identified and adjusted, and yields responses that show remarkable agreement with actual hardware

Keywords

SPICE; digital simulation; frequency measurement; measurement standards; modelling; physics computing; rubidium; servomechanisms; signal sampling; simulation; Kenschaft model; PSPICE; Rb; Rb gas cell frequency standard; SPICE; block diagram; modulated RF; modulated microwave interrogating signal; passive atomic frequency standard; physics package; response; servo; signal scaling; simulation; two-level atomic system; Absorption; Computational modeling; Frequency modulation; Hardware; Kernel; Optical sensors; Packaging; Physics; Radio frequency; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 1996. 50th., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International.

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3309-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1996.560291

Filename

560291