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| Title: | Mercury atomic frequency standards for space based navigation and timekeeping |
| Authors: | Tjoelker, R.L
Burt, E.A.
Chung, S.
Hamell, R. L.
Prestage, J. D.
Tucker, B.
Cash, P.
Lutwak, R. |
| Keywords: | atomic clock
Atomic Frequency Standard
timekeeping
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) |
| Issue Date: | 15-Nov-2012 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012. |
| Citation: | Precise Time and Rime Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Long Beach, California, November 15, 2012. |
| Abstract: | A low power Mercury Atomic Frequency Standard (MAFS) has been developed and demonstrated on the path towards future space clock applications. A self contained mercury ion breadboard clock: emulating flight clock interfaces, steering a USO local oscillator, and consuming ~40 Watts has been operating at JPL for more than a year. This complete, modular ion clock instrument demonstrates that key GNSS size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements can be achieved while still maintaining short and long term performance demonstrated in previous ground ion clocks. The MAFS breadboard serves as a flexible platform for optimizing further space clock development and guides engineering model design trades towards fabrication of an ion clock for space flight. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/42506 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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