Title :
Improvement of a digital automatic cavity tuning system in the active hydrogen maser CH1-75
Author :
Demidov, N.A. ; Logachev, V.A. ; Chernov, G.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. Meas., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract :
Possibilities of the active hydrogen maser CH1-75 frequency stability improvement for time intervals 1 h-1 d due to a digital automatic cavity tuning system are discussed. This system uses a hydrogen atom spectral line quality modulation method and a reversible counter measuring two masers beat period for the time interval T at two spectral line quality significances. Two hydrogen masers with frequency instability at T=100 and 1000 s and at different modulation methods (beam density, inhomogeneous magnetic field in storage bulb and mixed method) were investigated. The results were used to change the CH1-75 specification and to fix frequency stability
Keywords :
atomic clocks; 1 h to 1 d; H; active CH1-75 maser; atomic frequency standards; beat period; digital automatic cavity tuning system; frequency stability; reversible counter; spectral line quality modulation;
Conference_Titel :
European Frequency and Time Forum, 1996. EFTF 96., Tenth (IEE Conf. Publ. 418)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-661-X
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19960012