DocumentCode
1212172
Title
Systematic shift uncertainty evaluation of IEN CSF1 primary frequency standard
Author
Levi, Filippo ; Lorini, Luca ; Calonico, Davide ; Godone, Aldo
Author_Institution
Inst. Elettrotecnico Nazionale, Torino, Italy
Volume
52
Issue
2
fYear
2003
fDate
4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
267
Lastpage
271
Abstract
We report a preliminary systematic shift uncertainty evaluation of our cesium fountain and of the first comparison with the NIST-F1 clock of the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) with a two way satellite comparison system. The stability of the time scale UTC (IEN), (generated with a commercial Cs beam) is insufficient to allow evaluation of systematic shifts by conventional techniques; therefore, the accuracy evaluation of the fountain was accomplished using mainly fast differential techniques, resulting in an overall uncertainty of 3×10-15.
Keywords
atomic clocks; caesium; frequency stability; frequency standards; measurement uncertainty; satellite links; Cs; Cs beams; IEN CSF1 primary frequency standard; TW-STFT; cesium fountains; cold atom fountains; fountain accuracy evaluation fast differential techniques; frequency standard systematic shift uncertainty evaluation; primary frequency standards; time scale UTC stability; two way satellite comparison systems; Atomic measurements; Frequency measurement; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; NIST; Satellites; Stability; Standards development; Time measurement; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9456
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIM.2003.811684
Filename
1202026
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