P M Mbaye et al 2008 Metrologia 45 S74 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/45/6/S12
P M Mbaye, A Makdissi, C Plantard and F Vernotte
Show affiliationsWe present the theory and the development of an algorithm used for locking a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to a hydrogen maser clock (HM clock) and then to a caesium clock (Cs clock). This algorithm is the heart of a composite clock using these three oscillators.
84.30.Ng Oscillators, pulse generators, and function generators
Issue 6 (December 2008)
Received 16 July 2008, in final form 10 September 2008
Published 5 December 2008
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