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Development of an optical time scale

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A time standard based on the use of an optical oscillation period of a frequencystable He−Ne laser as a time scale is first described. We obtained highly frequency-stable oscillations in the SHF range that were locked to the oscillations of a He−Ne laser stabilized to an absorption resonance in methane at 3.39 μm. A direct comparison of frequency stabilities of a rubidium standard and He−Ne/CH4 laser has been made. The absolute measurement of the frequency of the He−Ne/CH4 laser we performed gave a new value of frequency.

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  1. Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, SU-630090, Novosibirsk, USSR

    V. P. Chebotayev, V. G. Goldort, V. M. Klementyev, M. V. Nikitin, B. A. Timchenko & V. F. Zakharyash

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This work was reported at the 3rd Frequency Standards and Metrology Symposium

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Chebotayev, V.P., Goldort, V.G., Klementyev, V.M. et al. Development of an optical time scale. Appl. Phys. B 29, 63–65 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694370

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