New method to build a high stability sapphire oscillator from the temperature compensation of the difference frequency between modes of orthogonal polarization

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 214-219

  Tobar, Michael E ^a   Hamilton, Gemma L ^a   Ivanov, Eugene N ^a   Hartnett, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; RESONATORS; SAPPHIRE; THERMISTORS;

FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY INSTABILITY; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION; SAPPHIRE OSCILLATOR; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS OF FREQUENCY; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0038623301     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1193614     Document Type: Article

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