PROJECT DETAILS
Name: Metrology applications of dual-mixer time-difference multiplication (EUROMET Project #847, not funded)
Coordinator: Jan Čermák, MSc.
Member: Alexander Kuna, Ph.D.; Ludvík Šojdr, Ph.D.
From: 2005-06-01
To: 2008-12-31

Dual-mixer time-difference multiplication (DMTDM) was investigated within the EUROMET Project #651 (completed by the end of 2004). The investigation was focused on short-term frequency (phase, time) stability measurement. In cooperation between IREE and BNM-SYRTE OP, an ultra-low-noise multiplier has been designed which currently has the Allan deviation of 7E-15 at 1s and the flicker-phase-floor time deviation of about 2 fs (5 MHz carrier, 15 Hz cutoff, 0.2s basic sampling interval). The excellent noise performance is stimulating our interest in further studying the DMTDM classical circuit structure and its possible applications in metrology.