Christopher Hoover wrote: >> Those who like tinkering with their rubidium standards >> may find the following paper of interest >> > > >> http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1013.pdf >> > > This is very interesting, indeed, and a very nice practical, follow-on work > from the theory paper by Audoin et al. > > It wasn't clear to me how much improvement you get switching from a standard > (i.e. cheap) discharge lamp to a frequency and amplitude stabilized laser > diode. > > This may be covered in one of the references; I haven't had time to chase > them yet. > > -ch > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > Chris
Since one of the authors was from FEI, maybe this is why their Rubidium sources have better short term stability specs than most. Switching to a laser excitation system is possibly one way of reviving a unit whose lamp has expired. Bruce _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
