[time-nuts] Do Rb's injection lock ?

[Bruce Griffiths]

Magnus Danielson wrote:
> On 06/18/2010 02:26 AM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> There are stories about them locking to each other. I'm not sure how 
>> true they are. There is a *lot* of isolation in an atomic clock.
>
> Crystal oscillators at the same frequency helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus
>
Self injection locking of Rubidium standards can sometimes be useful:
http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/2232.pdf

Self injection locking is also used to cleanup the output of some 
microwave oscillators.

Bruce