학술논문

Generalisation of the Dick effect to continuous beam frequency standards
Document Type
Conference
Source
Proceedings of International Frequency Control Symposium Frequency control Frequency Control Symposium, 1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International. :263-269 1997
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Frequency measurement
Measurement standards
Atomic measurements
Phase detection
Detectors
Arm
Microwave oscillators
Phase modulation
Demodulation
Atomic clocks
Language
Abstract
In atomic frequency standard operating in pulsed mode, the frequency noise of the interrogating oscillator is not completely seen by the atoms (ions) and thereby the long term stability of such standards is limited by the "Dick effect" which is formulated using the sensitivity function of the standard. Here, we introduce the sensitivity function for continuous frequency standards in a way similar to that of pulsed standards. We compute it in some typical cases for a monokinetic and for a weighted maxwellian velocity distribution. We find that Dick effect is present in this kind of standards and that it is due essentially to the modulation-demodulation operation.