Prospects for developing GLONASS spaceboard atomic beam frequency standard with laser pumping

Author

Gevorkyan, Arvid G. ; Bessedina, Alla N. ; Bassevich, Arkady B.

Author_Institution

Russian Inst. of Radionavigation & Time, St. Petersburg, Russia

fYear

1993

fDate

2-4 Jun 1993

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

104

Abstract

The authors present the results of an investigation of and the development of a rubidium beam frequency standard, with semiconductor lasers used for pumping and detection. A schematic representation of a rubidium beam frequency standard is given. The discriminator is realized using a modified production-type compact spaceborne rubidium beam tube and customized single-frequency injection lasers having frequency control/checking systems. When the Ramsey linewidth is approximately equal to 700 Hz, the figure of merit of the atomic beam tube exceeds 20. Ways that make it possible to increase this parameter by at least one order of magnitude are determined. This makes it possible to develop the GLONASS spaceboard frequency standard with a daily frequency instability of less than 1 × 10^-14

Keywords

atomic clocks; frequency measurement; frequency stability; measurement standards; optical pumping; satellite navigation; GLONASS spaceboard atomic beam frequency standard; Ramsey linewidth; Rb beam frequency standard; atomic beam tube; customized single-frequency injection lasers; figure of merit; frequency control/checking systems; frequency instability; laser pumping; semiconductor lasers; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 1993. 47th., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0905-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1993.367383

Filename

367383