Ultra-high stability cryocooled sapphire microwave oscillators

Ashby Hilton; J.G. Hartnett; Eugene Ivanov; Andre Luiten

doi:10.1109/FCS.2014.6859925

Ultra-high stability cryocooled sapphire microwave oscillators

Ashby Hilton
, J.G. Hartnett
, Eugene Ivanov
, Andre Luiten

Graduate Research School

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Two nominally identical microwave cryocooled sapphire oscillators (CSO) have been implemented at the University of Adelaide. The sapphire resonators have a turning point in their frequency-temperature dependence at approximately 6 K, which delivers first-order insensitivity to temperature fluctuations when operated at this point. Using a closed system ultra-low vibration pulse-tube cryocooler with a specially design cryostat [1], it is possible to control the rms temperature fluctuations at the resonator to the 10 μK level, while maintaining a low vibration environment. Combined with a loaded Q-factor of about 109, similar oscillators have shown an Allan deviation of fractional frequency fluctuations of σy = 5.8×10 -16 at 1 s [2]. © 2014 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IFCS 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	312
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9781479949168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FCS.2014.6859925
Publication status	Published - 2014
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Hilton, A, Hartnett, JG, Ivanov, E & Luiten, A 2014, Ultra-high stability cryocooled sapphire microwave oscillators. in IFCS 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Proceedings. vol. 1, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 312, Ultra-high stability cryocooled sapphire microwave oscillators, 1/01/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/FCS.2014.6859925

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