• 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