[time-nuts] 10811 crystal orientation
Magnus Danielson
magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Thu Jul 9 15:55:31 UTC 2009
Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>
>
> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I think that if you dig into it, you will find that there is a
>> polarized light process to orient the blank before the base plate is
>> applied.
>>
>> Unfortunately for the discussion at hand, the direction of maximum G
>> sensitivity is still random relative to the mount.
>>
>> Bob
>> KB8TQ
>
> To clarify: the crystal PACKAGE (base plate) is randomly oriented in
> the 10811 casting. Therefore, it doesn't matter if the blank is
> positioned in some definite orientation with respect to the base plate.
Around the blanks rotational axis I assume. That should stay the same,
right? It's just one rotational freedom and not three that is there.
Cheers,
Magnus
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