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Distributing UTC(NIST) to Industrial Time and Frequency Users

November 18, 2009
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, Victor S. Zhang
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) maintains one of the world s most accurate and stable time scales, UTC(NIST), as well as the NIST-F1 cesium fountain, the primary frequency standard for the United States. These standards are

Limits on GPS Carrier Phase Time Transfer

November 16, 2009
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss
The stability of differential delays between Global Navigation Satellite receivers is critical for time and frequency transfer. We study the limit of this transfer between two specific receivers from the study of data taken from these receivers while they

Novel, All-Digital Phase Measurement System for Time Scales

November 16, 2009
Author(s)
Stefania Romisch, Thomas E. Parker, Steven R. Jefferts
A novel, all-digital phase measurement system, to be utilized as part of the NIST Time Scale at NIST in Boulder, CO is presented. The system is used to compare output signals from several commercial atomic frequency standards: the phase differences between

Phase-lock Loops in Vibration Environments

November 16, 2009
Author(s)
Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe
A popular scheme for achieving low phase noise across a large range of offset frequencies is to employ an oscillator at an output frequency with low far-from-carrier noise that is phase-locked to a reference that has low close-to-carrier noise. We

Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer Using 1 MChip/S codes

November 16, 2009
Author(s)
Victor S. Zhang, Thomas E. Parker, Demetrios Matsakis, Joseph Achkar, Daniele Rovera, Dirk Piester, Andreas Bauch, Luca Lorini
The Ku-band transatlantic and Europe to Europe two-way satellite time and frequency transfer (TWSTFT) operations used the 2.5 MChip/s pseudo-random codes with 3.5 MHz bandwidth until the end of July, 2009. The cost of TWSTFT operation is associated with

Optical frequency stabilization of a 10 GHz Ti:sapphire frequency comb by saturated absorption spectroscopy in 87Rubidium

November 4, 2009
Author(s)
Dirk Heinecke, Albrecht Bartels, Tara M. Fortier, Danielle Braje, Leo Hollberg, Scott A. Diddams
The high power per mode of a recently-developed 10 GHz femtosecond Ti:sapphire frequency comb permits nonlinear Doppler-free saturation spectroscopy in 87Rubidium with a single mode of the comb. We use this access to the natural linewidth of the Rubidium

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
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