IEN-CsF1 accuracy evaluation and two-way frequency comparison

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1216-1224

  Levi, Filippo ^a   Lorini, Luca ^a   Calonico, Davide ^a   Godone, Aldo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRAPS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GRAVIMETERS; GYROSCOPES; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC TIME (IAT); MICROWAVE CAVITIES;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 8344238266     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1350948     Document Type: Article

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