Low-noise electronic design for the 87Rb coherent population trapping maser

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1923-1930

  Calosso, Claudio Eligio ^a,b   Levi, Filippo ^a   Bertacco, Elio Keith ^a   Godone, Aldo ^a,c   Micalizio, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

^b Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris of Turin   (Italy)

^c IEN Time and Frequency Division   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING (CPT); ELECTRONIC DESIGN; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; RUBIDIUM MASERS;

FREQUENCY STABILITY; MICROWAVES; RUBIDIUM; SERVOMECHANISMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MASERS;

EID: 29144532556     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1561661     Document Type: Review

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