Atomic clock based on an opto-electronic oscillator
US6762869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04G7/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Opto-electronic oscillators having a frequency locking mechanism to stabilize the oscillation frequency of the oscillators to an atomic frequency reference. Whispering gallery mode optical resonators may be used in such oscillators to form compact atomic clocks.
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