First Commercial Prototype of an Optically Pumped Cesium-Based Frequency Standard

Abstract

Tekslec has developed the first commercial prototype of an Optically Pumped Cesium-Beam Frequency Standard with the scientific support of the Laboratotre de l'Horloge Atomique (LHA) and the financial support of the French Military Administration (DGA). This work is based on years of experience of the LHA on cesium atomic clocks, especially on short atomic clocks and and on the experience of Tekslec in time and frequency for systems (timekeeping, time distribution, synchronization, etc.) and components (quartz, oscillators, rubidium atomic clocks, etc.). The first prototype is under characterization and the first results are presented in this paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA516539

Entities

People

  • Michel L. Baldy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atomic Clocks
  • Atoms
  • Clocks
  • Crystal Oscillators
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Standards
  • Hot Wire
  • Laser Diodes
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Optical Pumping
  • Prototypes
  • Pumping
  • Resonators
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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