Short-Term Frequency Stability of the Rb87 Maser
- 1 September 1973
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- Vol. 22 (3), 250-257
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.1973.4314158
Abstract
Measurements of the short-term stability of the Rb87 maser are reported here. The measurements were made as a function of the maser power output and of the receiver cutoff frequency. The experimental data are compared to theoretical results obtained from an approximate theory. In this theory the transfer function of the maser for thermal noise is derived, and the spectral density of the phase fluctuations is calculated. An analytical expression for the "Allan variance" is also given. A comparison of the stability of the Rb87 maser with existing frequency standards shows its superiority for averaging times less than 1 s. We obtain Δf/f ≃ 1.3 × 10-3 ≃-1. A stability of 5 × 10-12 for τ ≃1000 s is also reported.Keywords
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