Frequency Standards
Basics and Applications
1. Edition September 2004
XIV, 526 Pages, Hardcover
278 Pictures
23 tables
Handbook/Reference Book
Short Description
Of all measurement quantities, the frequency represents the one that can be determined with the highest degree of accuracy. This also allows precise measurements of other physical and technical quantities, whenever they could be put down to a frequency measurement.
This volume is devoted to the important methods and techniques developed for frequency measurements in physics, electronics, quantum electronics, statistics, and communication theory, and discusses topical applications in engineering, telecommunication, and metrology.
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Of all measurement units, frequency is the one that may be determined with the highest degree of accuracy. It equally allows precise measurements of other physical and technical quantities, whenever they can be measured in terms of frequency.
This volume covers the central methods and techniques relevant for frequency standards developed in physics, electronics, quantum electronics, and statistics. After a review of the basic principles, the book looks at the realisation of commonly used components. It then continues with the description and characterisation of important frequency standards from atomic clocks, to frequency stabilised lasers. The whole is rounded of with a discussion of topical applications in engineering, telecommunications, and metrology.
2. Basics of Frequency Standards
3. Characterisation of Amplitude and Frequency Noise
4. Macroscopic Frequency References
5. Atomic and Molecular Frequency References
6. Preparation and Interrogation of Absorbers
7. Microwave Frequency Standards
8. Caesium Atomic Clocks
9. Laser Frequency Standards
10.Synthesis and Division of Optical Frequencies
11.Ion-Trap Frequency Standards
12.Time Scales and Time Dissemination
13.Technical and Scientific Applications
14.To the Limits and Beyond
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Metrologia
Phys. Rev. / Phys. Rev. Lett.
"...excellent coverage and selection of the subjects and topics...excellent graphic representation for new concept[s] and physical phenomenon...excellent bibliography including 884 references..."
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