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PP Short-term stability Signal Q? 0 RF Frequency 0 from choice of atom Q = 0/ Equation 1 revisited: ( ) ( S / N) Q from collisions (atom-atom, atom-buffer gas, atom-wall), laser power, … S/N? Signal: Choice of atom, laser spectrum/polarization, buffergas optimization,… Noise: photon shot noise, atom shot noise, laser noise, electronic noise, … 1 82
Rb vs. Cs ? 87 Rubidium Fewer m F Levels in ground state 3 vs 7 m=0 transitions NIST, Honeywell, Teledyne Cesium 2-3X Higher vapor pressure Higher microwave frequency Better separation of P-states (less important for CSAC) Laser availability (less important in 2008) NIST, Symmetricom, Sarnoff, Westinghouse 83
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Principles of Atomic Clocks EFTF -
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Outline General things about clock
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What is a Clock ? + = ( Oscillator
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Clock (in)Stability Signal 0 Frequ
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What is an “atomic” clock ? 9
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What is an atomic clock? Local osci
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Ground State Physics 0 Step 1: Cho
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Stern-Gerlach Experiment - 1922 Ove
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Ground State Physics 9192 MHz Energ
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Molecular Resonance Spectroscopy Va
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Invention of the Atomic Clock Probl
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Ramsey: Separated Oscillatory Field
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Ramsey’s Lab - 1949 25
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1955 NPL Cesium Clock Essen & Perry
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CFS Biases Atom is not in “zero
Page 31 and 32: Signal [Arb.] Zeeman Spectrum 0.5 0
Page 33 and 34: State-of-the-art Cesium Clocks NBS-
Page 35 and 36: Cesium Beam Tube Construction 35
Page 37 and 38: CFS Instruments Laboratory/Timekeep
Page 39 and 40: The Ubiquitous Rubidium Oscillator
Page 41 and 42: State Detection by Optical Scatteri
Page 43 and 44: Gas Cell Confinement Dicke 1953 Nit
Page 45 and 46: RF Spectrum Q = 2x10 7 (S/N) 1Hz =
Page 47 and 48: HP 5065A circa 1970 33 Watts, 37 l
Page 49 and 50: Small modern Rb oscillators Volume
Page 51 and 52: Rubidium Oscillator Summary + Buffe
Page 53 and 54: Hydrogen Maser A different sort of
Page 55 and 56: RF Spectrum Q is very high: (1.4
Page 57 and 58: Long-term Stability 57
Page 59 and 60: Passive Hydrogen Maser Similar phy
Page 61 and 62: Commercially-available atomic clock
Page 63 and 64: Cyr & Tetu 1993 63
Page 65 and 66: CPT w/Modulated diode laser Reprint
Page 67 and 68: D1 vs. D2 ? D2 excited state multip
Page 69 and 70: CPT Clock Stability Overlapping All
Page 71 and 72: 1992 - Westinghouse Proposal Propo
Page 73 and 74: Westinghouse/NG - the first CSAC ef
Page 75 and 76: Applications Cannot compete with G
Page 77 and 78: Major Challenges Physics Package
Page 79 and 80: Noise Contributions Laser Noise D
Page 81: Figure-of-Merit Contrast: Signal/
Page 85 and 86: Physics Package Objectives Size: <
Page 87 and 88: The Draper 10 mW Physics Package T
Page 89 and 90: Edge-emitting Lasers Optical Gain:
Page 91 and 92: VCSEL Fabrication and Operation N P
Page 93 and 94: Polyimide Suspension Excellent mat
Page 95 and 96: Resonance Cell Fabrication Start wi
Page 97 and 98: Buffer Gas From: Zhu, et al., FCS 2
Page 99 and 100: Physics Package 99
Page 101 and 102: Thermal Isolation Cell Temperature
Page 103 and 104: Vacuum Integrity (“Power aging”
Page 105 and 106: The NIST CSAC-1 Physics Package Gla
Page 107 and 108: Honeywell Laboratories solder titan
Page 109 and 110: Electronics 109
Page 111 and 112: Microwaves 111
Page 113 and 114: NIST/CU Coaxial Resonator Oscillato
Page 115 and 116: MEMs Resonators Polysilicon Stem (I
Page 117 and 118: Symmetricom SA.45s Synthesizer Mod
Page 119 and 120: Control System Requirements Provid
Page 121 and 122: Symmetricom CSAC Block Diagram 1 DA
Page 123 and 124: SA.45s CSAC on Evaluation Board ATu
Page 125 and 126: SA.45s CSAC Typical Performance Siz
Page 127 and 128: Offset [x10 -10 ] Long-term aging (
Page 129 and 130: Retrace Retraces 25 20 15 10 5 0 -6
Page 131 and 132: The “CSACXO” Only operate phys
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Block Diagram (30 mW?) 2.6 VDC 1 DA
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1 cm 3 CSAC Output Spectrum CSAC Ou
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At what cost 1 cm 3 CSAC ? No micr
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Key concepts Short-term instabilit
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Acknowledgements I am grateful to s
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