Cryogenic sapphire oscillator using a low- vibration design pulse-tube cryocooler: First results

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1034-1038

  Hartnett, John G ^a   Nand, Nitin R ^a   Wang, Chao ^b   Le Floch, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Cryomech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN VARIANCE; CRYOGENIC SAPPHIRE OSCILLATORS; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY NOISE; LIQUID HELIUM; PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLERS; SINGLE OSCILLATORS; SQUARE ROOTS; TWO OSCILLATORS; VIBRATION DESIGN;

COOLING; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; CRYOGENICS; SAPPHIRE; SPOT WELDING; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 77951899261     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1515     Document Type: Article

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