Detailed design of a variable volume hydrogen maser
Abstract
Identification of the hydrogen maser design parameters include the shape of the bulk, q (quality parameter), tuning factors, materials to be used, and operational temperature to offset the wall shift. Expressions for the statistic error on the measured frequency were derived. Localized variations in the concentration of excited atoms were studied and how the shape of the container (the ratio of surface to volume in particular) affects their behavior.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- January 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...8420841C
- Keywords:
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- Hydrogen Masers;
- Parameter Identification;
- Structural Design Criteria;
- Tuning;
- Atomic Excitations;
- Computer Programs;
- Error Analysis;
- Surface Properties;
- Wave Functions;
- Lasers and Masers