Published June 2020 | Version v1
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First accuracy evaluation of the NRC-FCs2 primary frequency standard

  • 1. National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, (Canada)
  • 2. National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (United States)

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We report the first accuracy evaluation of NRC-FCs2, an atomic fountain clock developed at the National Research Council Canada. The short term stability at high atomic density is 1.1 x 10-13 at 1 second of averaging time. The typical overall fractional type B uncertainty is 2.3 x 10-16. GNSS-based frequency comparisons of NRC-FCs2 with the SI second, as reported by the BIPM over fourteen months, give a fractional frequency difference of - 2.4(3.7) x 10-16. (authors)

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Available from doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/ab7c54

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Journal Title
Metrologia
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
no.3
Journal Page Range
p. 035010.1-035010.16
ISSN
0026-1394

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