Temperature-Compensated Sapphire Resonator for Ultra-Stable Oscillator Capability at Temperatures Above 77 K

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 812-819

  Dick, G John ^a   Santiago, David G ^b   Wang, Rabi T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; SAPPHIRE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SAPPHIRE WHISPERING GALLERY RESONATOR; ULTRA STABLE OSCILLATOR;

CRYSTAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0029377624     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.464836     Document Type: Article

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