Cryogenic Whispering Gallery sapphire oscillator for microwave frequency standard applications

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E87-C, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1640-1642

  Watabe, Ken Ichi ^a   Koga, Yasuki ^a   Ohshima, Shin Ichi ^a   Ikegami, Takeshi ^a   Hartnett, John G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

4 K pulse tube cryocooler; Frequency stability; Microwave oscillator; Sapphire; Whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RESONANCE; SAPPHIRE; THERMAL NOISE;

4 K PULSE-TUBE CRYOCOOLERS; MAGNETIC POLARIZATION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 5444260692     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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