This paper discusses the results of a simulation of a time scale based on continuously operating commercial hydrogen masers and an optical frequency standard that does not operate continuously as a clock. The simulation compares the performance of this time scale with one that is based on the same commercial devices but incorporates a continuously operating cesium fountain instead of the optical standard. The results are independent of the detailed characteristics of the optical frequency standard; the only requirement is that the optical device be much more stable than the masers in the ensemble. We discuss two methods for realizing the results of this simulation in an operational time scale.
BT - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control DA - 2018-01 DO - 10.1109/TUFFC.2017.2773530 N2 -This paper discusses the results of a simulation of a time scale based on continuously operating commercial hydrogen masers and an optical frequency standard that does not operate continuously as a clock. The simulation compares the performance of this time scale with one that is based on the same commercial devices but incorporates a continuously operating cesium fountain instead of the optical standard. The results are independent of the detailed characteristics of the optical frequency standard; the only requirement is that the optical device be much more stable than the masers in the ensemble. We discuss two methods for realizing the results of this simulation in an operational time scale.
PY - 2018 SP - 127 EP - 134 T2 - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control TI - Incorporating an Optical Clock Into a Time Scale UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=8107555 VL - 65 SN - 0885-3010 ER -