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

Autor: Christoph Affolderbach, Anja K. Skrivervik, M. Pellaton, Gaetano Mileti, Tomislav Debogovic, E. de Rijk, Anton E. Ivanov
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Electronics Letters. 54:691-693
ISSN: 1350-911X
0013-5194
DOI: 10.1049/el.2017.4176
Popis: 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
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