| | Frequency Electronics Inc. - RUBIDIUM ATOMIC FREQUENCY STANDARDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Frequency locking of the VCXO is accomplished by operating the Rubidium Physics Package as a frequency discriminator, i.e., departures of a frequency from an input signal (50.255+ MHz from the VCXO) from a defined center frequency (Rubidium atomic resonance) produce a DC output signal (control voltage). |
 | | When the applied microwave frequency is equal to 6.8+ GHz, the Rubidium atoms are resonated by the microwave field in the cavity. |
 | | The decrease in light, when the microwave frequency is equal to the Rubidium frequency, is then converted electronically to an error signal with phase and amplitude information used to steer the VCXO via its control voltage and keep it on frequency at 50.255+ MHz. |
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