DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A COMPACT PASSIVE HYDROGEN MASER

L.L. Lewis, T.E. Smith, S.R. Stein

Abstract:	The development of a compact passive hydrogen maser has been completed by Ball Aerospace Systems Division. We describe the design and operation of a number of subsystems in the unit. These include a self-starting low power r.f. dissociator, a combination getter/ion pump vacuum system, a small hydride source of molecular hydrogen, and a method of automatically locking to the microwave resonance. We also report the measurement of performance of the maser as a whole.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 19th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting December 1 - 3, 1989 Sheraton Hotel Redondo Beach, California
Pages:	275 - 284
Cite this article:	Lewis, L.L., Smith, T.E., Stein, S.R., "DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A COMPACT PASSIVE HYDROGEN MASER," Proceedings of the 19th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Redondo Beach, California, December 1987, pp. 275-284.
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