Low-phase-noise frequency synthesizer for the trapped atom clock on a chip

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-93

  Ramirez Martínez, Fernando ^a   Lours, Michel ^a   Rosenbusch, Peter ^a   Reinhard, Friedemann ^b   Reichel, Jakob ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; GAAS; LOW-PHASE-NOISE; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIZERS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINES; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REFERENCE SIGNALS; TRAPPED ATOMS;

FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHASE NOISE;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OSCILLOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73649118525     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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