Design and Performance of a Digital Phase Lock Loop for Gunn Oscillators
| Autor: | Todd Hunter, Kimberk, Robert, Leiker, Patrick Steve, Tong, Cheuk-Yu Edward, Wilson, Robert W. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics FOS: Physical sciences Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | NASA Astrophysics Data System |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1101.1506 |
| Popis: | The digital phase lock loop described in this paper has been in use on the Submillimeter Array (SMA) front-end receivers for over a decade and has been a key element in obtaining all of the high quality images that have been published from this telescope over the years. The technical achievements enabled by these devices include the first phase closure observations in the 690 GHz band, the first attempts at band-to-band phase transfer at submillimeter wavelengths, and the first successful demonstration of interferometry using a fully photonic millimeter-wave local oscillator. Copies of these devices are also in place at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in support of the eSMA project and submillimeter VLBI experiments. Additional units of this design were used by the Princeton Millimeter Interferometer and the Microwave Anisotropy Telescope. In total, over three dozen units have been constructed and used in astronomical studies. In this paper, we briefly describe the background theory, design, performance, and calibration steps, and provide useful testing and repair information. Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. This is mostly a superset of SMA technical memo #143 but with a new introduction and additional citations |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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