Construction and evaluation of a cesium atomic clock

Author(s)

Flavio Teles Carvalho da Silva

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT)
• Defense date: 1998-04-02

Examining board members

Sérgio Carlos Zilio; Jarbas Caiado de Castro Neto; Artemio Scalabrin

• Advisor: Sérgio Carlos Zilio

Abstract

This work is about the stages construction of the first Brazilian atornic clock, of its operation beginning and of a primary evaluation of its acting. We described the layout and the equipment used in the mechanical, optical and electronics parts. Using a primary rnethod of evaluation determined the precision of the clock as being approximately 1 part of 109 (AU)