[time-nuts] vs Hg ion? Re: GPS clock stabilitiy, Rb vs Cs
Jim Lux
jimlux at earthlink.net
Sun May 5 16:50:02 UTC 2013
On 5/5/13 8:42 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> At HP in the 1990's, Len Cutler's group built some experimental
> mercury ion standards for USNO (IIRC). They were of the
> trapped ion type. BTW, it is important to understand that
> the architecture is the key factor, not the flavor of atom.
> When people say rubidium is inferior to cesium, they really
> mean a gas call is inferior to an atomic beam, etc.
>
>
OK, that's interesting..
So the Hg ion they're building for Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) is a
trapped ion type. The whole thing is, as I recall, 1 liter, 1 kilo,
including both the physics package and the electronics.
It's targeting USO type applications.
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