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3D printed microwave cavity for atomic clock applications: proof of concept
Auteur(s)
Skrivervik, A.K.
Ivanov, A.E.
Debogovic, T.
de Rijk, E.
Date de parution
2018-6-7
In
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
Vol.
11
No
54
De la page
691
A la page
693
Résumé
The authors present the realisation and characterisation of an additively manufactured (AM) microwave resonator cavity for double-resonance (DR) vapour-cell atomic clocks. The design of the compact microwave cavity is based on the loop-gap resonator approach, previously demonstrated for conventionally-machined aluminium components. In the present study, the resonator is fabricated by AM using a metal-coated polymer. A resonance frequency at the desired 6.835 GHz rubidium atomic frequency is obtained. When employed in an atomic clock setup, the AM cavity enables a DR signal of <;500 Hz linewidth and of nearly 20% contrast, thus fulfilling the stringent requirements for DR atomic clocks. A clock short-term stability of 1 × 10 -12 τ -1/2 is demonstrated, comparable to state-of-the-art clock performances.
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