Oscillators – Automatic frequency stabilization using a phase or frequency... – Molecular resonance stabilization
Patent
1996-03-06
1997-08-12
Mis, David
Oscillators
Automatic frequency stabilization using a phase or frequency...
Molecular resonance stabilization
331 941, H03B 1700, H03L 726
Patent
active
056569742
ABSTRACT:
The atomic frequency oscillator comprises a resonance cell (41) placed in a microwave resonator (53) surrounded by an electromagnetic shield (58). A laser module (10) emits a light beam which reaches the resonance cell and is used for optically pumping rubidium into the resonance cell. The light beam is conducted from the laser module to the resonance cell by an optical fiber (14) passing through the electromagnetic shield. The optical path traveled by the light beam does not include any beamsplitter. At least one controller uses the light beam conducted by the optical fiber for controlling the injection current and/or the temperature of the laser diode so as to stabilize the light emission frequency. The resonance cell serves both as resonance cell for controlling an oscillator (54) generating via a frequency multiplier (55) the signal for exciting the microwave resonator and as cell for controlling the laser diode (11).
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patent: 5442326 (1995-08-01), Liberman
patent: 5553087 (1996-09-01), Telle
Jornod Alain
Thomann Pierre
Mis David
Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchatel
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