A Slotted-Tube Microwave Cavity for High Performance Miniaturized Rubidium Frequency Standards

  • WANG Peng-fei ,
  • WANG Chen ,
  • HE Sheng-guo ,
  • MEI Gang-hua
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  • 1. Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Atomic Frequency Standards, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2015-11-11

  Revised date: 2016-07-15

  Online published: 2016-09-05

Abstract

A slotted-tube microwave cavity with a volume of 11 mL was designed for miniaturized high-performance rubidium atomic frequency standards (RAFS). The magnetic field orientation factor of the cavity was measured to be 0.83. A miniaturized physics package for RAFS was designed based on the dimensions of the cavity, and a desk prototype of RAFS was built. Short-term frequency stability of the miniaturized RAFS built was measured to be better than 2×1012/√τ, suggesting that the microwave cavity can be utilized for construction of RAFS with small size and high performance.

Cite this article

WANG Peng-fei , WANG Chen , HE Sheng-guo , MEI Gang-hua . A Slotted-Tube Microwave Cavity for High Performance Miniaturized Rubidium Frequency Standards[J]. Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2016 , 33(3) : 452 -457 . DOI: 10.11938/cjmr20160310

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