Local oscillator limited frequency stability for passive atomic frequency standards using square wave frequency modulation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1593-1600

  Grcenhall, Charles A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

FREQUENCY SLOPE; LOCAL OSCILLATOR; PASSIVE ATOMIC FREQUENCY STANDARDS; PHASE NOISE; SQUARE WAVE FREQUENCY MODULATION;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0034316344     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883548     Document Type: Article

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