A compensated multi-pole linear ion trap mercury frequency standard for ultra-stable timekeeping

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2586-2595

  Burt, Eric A ^a   Diener, William A ^a   Tjoelker, Robert L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC TRANSITION; BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES; CESIUM FOUNTAIN; DOPPLER SHIFTS; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY DEVIATION; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; LASER-COOLED; LINEAR ION TRAP; LONG TERM STABILITY; PRIMARY FREQUENCY STANDARD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SECOND ORDERS; STAND -ALONE;

CESIUM; ELECTRON TRAPS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MERCURY (METAL); POLES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

MERCURY; NEON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OSCILLOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRONICS; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; MERCURY; MICROWAVES; NEON; OSCILLOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME;

EID: 67149131577     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.975     Document Type: Article

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