Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2011-07-12
Metrologia 48, 283-289 (2011)
Physics
Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
10.1088/0026-1394/48/5/007
We evaluate the distributed cavity phase and microwave lensing frequency shifts, which were the two largest sources of uncertainty for the NPL-CsF2 cesium fountain clock. We report measurements that confirm a detailed theoretical model of the microwave cavity fields and the frequency shifts of the clock that they produce. The model and measurements significantly reduce the distributed cavity phase uncertainty to $1.1 \times 10^{-16}$. We derive the microwave lensing frequency shift for a cylindrical cavity with circular apertures. An analytic result with reasonable approximations is given, in addition to a full calculation that indicates a shift of $6.2 \times 10^{-17}$. The measurements and theoretical models we report, along with improved evaluations of collisional and microwave leakage induced frequency shifts, reduce the frequency uncertainty of the NPL-CsF2 standard to $2.3 \times 10^{-16}$, nearly a factor of two lower than its most recent complete evaluation.
Gibble Kurt
Li Ruoxin
Szymaniec Krzysztof
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