• DocumentCode
    667716
  • Title

    Medium-to long-term frequency stability of high-performance CW double-resonance Rb standard

  • Author

    Bandi, Thejesh ; Affolderbach, Christoph ; Mileti, Gaetano ; Stefanucci, Camillo ; Merli, Francesco ; Skrivervik, Anja K.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Time & Freq. (LTF), Univ. of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    21-25 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Lastpage
    223
  • Abstract
    We present the short-term noise budget and metro-logical studies on the medium-to long-term stability of our Rb standard. Our clock exhibits a short-term stability of ~ 1.4×10-13 τ-1/2. The dependance of microwave power shift on light intensity, and the possibility to nullify the microwave power shift is demonstrated. The perturbing vapor cell geometric effect on medium-to long-term time scales, limiting the stability around 6×10-14 level is identified. Further required improvements are discussed.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; frequency stability; frequency standards; rubidium; Rb; clock; high-performance CW double-resonance Rb standard; light intensity; long-term frequency stability; medium-term frequency stability; microwave power shift; short-term noise budget; vapor cell geometric effect; Clocks; Frequency measurement; Laser stability; Masers; Noise; Standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    European Frequency and Time Forum & International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF/IFC), 2013 Joint
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EFTF-IFC.2013.6702074
  • Filename
    6702074