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WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks: Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (2009 edition)

September 8, 2009
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, John P. Lowe, Matthew J. Deutch, Glenn K. Nelson, Douglas D. Sutton, William C. Yates, D. W. Hanson
Radio controlled clocks represent a true revolution in timekeeping. Clocks that synchronize to NIST radio station WWVB now number in the millions in the United States, and new sales records are being established every year. As a result, many of us are now

Establishment of the SIM Time Scale

August 1, 2009
Author(s)
J. Mauricio Lopez-Romero, N. Munoz, Michael A. Lombardi
The SIM time and frequency metrology working group has developed a comparison network for the Americas, with the goals of improving metrology in the SIM region and to allow as many countries as possible to participate in the network. As of May 2008, ten

The SIM Time Network and its Contributions to Metrology in the Americas

April 1, 2009
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi
The SIM Time Network (SIMTN) has been one of the great success stories of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM), a regional metrology organization (RMO) that includes the 34 member nations of the Organization of American States (OAS). The SIMTN

Stopwatch and Timer Calibrations (2009 edition)

January 28, 2009
Author(s)
Jeff C. Gust, Robert M. Graham, Michael A. Lombardi
Stopwatch and timer calibrations are perhaps the most common calibrations performed in the field of time and frequency metrology. Hundreds of United States laboratories calibrate many thousands of timing devices annually to meet legal and organizational

The SIM Time and Frequency Network

December 1, 2008
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, Jose M. Lopez, Francisco Jimenez, Jean-Simon Boulanger, Raymond Pelletier, Ricardo de Carvalho, Raul Solis, Carlos Donado, Harold Sanchez, Carlos A. Quevedo, Gregory Pascoe, Daniel Perez
The Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM) consists of national metrology institutes (NMIs) located in the 34 member nations of the Organization of American States (OAS), which extends throughout North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean

Establishment of the SIM Time Scale

October 22, 2008
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, Nelida Diaz-Munoz, J. Mauricio Lopez-Romero
The SIM time and frequency metrology working group has developed a comparison network for the Americas, with the goals of improving metrology in the SIM region by allowing as many countries as possible to participate in the network. As of May 2008, 10

Handbook of Frequency Stability Analysis

July 1, 2008
Author(s)
William Riley, David A. Howe
This handbook, which can be used as both a tutorial and a reference, describes practical techniques for frequency stability analysis. It covers the definitions of frequency stability, measuring systems and data formats, pre-processing steps, analysis tools

The First Measurements with Octave-Spanning Femtosecond Laser Frequency Combs

March 13, 2004
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, David J. Jones
Here we describe in a historical manner the first optical frequency measurement measurements with octave-spanning frequency combs and the first measurement and stabilization of the carrier-envelope offset frequency for a train of femtosecond laser pulses.

Atomic Time

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
Thomas E. Parker, Marc A. Weiss
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