In this work we describe the main features of a Rb clock developed at INRIM and its preliminary industrialization approach made by Selex-ES. The clock operates at the Rb ground-state hyperfine frequency (6834 MHz) in pulsed regime; the pulsed optical pumping (POP) allows to make negligible the mutual interference between optical and microwave signals so that a frequency stability comparable to that of a passive H-maser has been achieved but with a much simpler system. The industrialization plan aims at investigating the possibility to reproduce the good results obtained by the INRIM laboratory prototype into a device suited to work in space.


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    Title :

    The pulsed optically pumped Rb frequency standard: A proposal for a space atomic clock


    Contributors:
    Micalizio, S. (author) / Godone, A. (author) / Levi, F. (author) / Francois, B. (author) / Calosso, C. E. (author) / Battisti, A. (author) / Gioia, M. (author) / Borella, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    2015-06-01


    Size :

    438868 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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