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3D printed microwave cavity for atomic clock applications: proof of concept

Pellaton, M.
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Affolderbach, C.
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Skrivervik, Anja  
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2018
Electronics Letters

The authors present the realisation and characterisation of an additively manufactured (AM) microwave resonator cavity for double-resonance (DR) vapour-cell atomic clocks. The design of the compact microwave cavity is based on the loop-gap resonator approach, previously demonstrated for conventionally-machined aluminium components. In the present study, the resonator is fabricated by AM using a metal-coated polymer. A resonance frequency at the desired 6.835 GHz rubidium atomic frequency is obtained. When employed in an atomic clock setup, the AM cavity enables a DR signal of <;500 Hz linewidth and of nearly 20% contrast, thus fulfilling the stringent requirements for DR atomic clocks. A clock short-term stability of 1 × 10 -12 τ -1/2 is demonstrated, comparable to state-of-the-art clock performances.

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DOI
10.1049/el.2017.4176
Author(s)
Pellaton, M.
Affolderbach, C.
Skrivervik, Anja  
Ivanov, A.E.
Debogovic, T.
de Rijk, E.
Mileti, G.
Date Issued

2018

Published in
Electronics Letters
Volume

54

Issue

11

Start page

691

End page

693

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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

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October 12, 2018
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