IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

MARCH 2000 Volume 47 Number 2

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Frequency Control and Precision Timing
M. M. Driscoll, L. Maleki, and T. E. Parker. . . 315

A Review of Wireless SAW Sensors (Invited Paper)
A. Pohl . . . 317

Micromachined Resonant Temperature Sensors: Theoretical and Experimental Results
T. G. Leblois and C. R. Tellier. . . 333

Lamé-Mode Miniaturized Quartz Temperature Sensors
H. Kanie and H. Kawashim. . . 341

Long-Term Stability and Performance Characteristics of Crystal Quartz Gauge at High Pressures and Temperatures
N. Matsumoto, Y. Sudo, B. K. Sinha, and M. Niw. . . 346

Langasite, Langanite, and Langatate Bulk-Wave Y-Cut Resonators
R. C. Smythe, R. C. Helmbold, G. E. Hague, and K. A. Sno. . . 355

Flicker Noise Measurement of HF Quartz Resonators
E. Rubiola, J. Groslambert, M. Brunet, and V. Giordano. . . 361

Phase Noise Measurements of 10-MHz BVA Quartz Crystal Resonators
F. Sthal, M. Mourey, F. Marionnet, and W. F. Walls. . . 369

Phase Noise Measurements in Dual-Mode SC-Cut Crystal Oscillators
Y. Watanabe, T. Okabayashi, S. Goka, and H. Sekimot. . . 374

Toward Resonator Anharmonic Sensors for Precision Crystal Oscillators: A Gaussian Model
Y. S. Shmaliy. . . 379

A New Type of Balanced-Bridge Controlled Oscillator
R. Karlquist. . . 390

An Improved Method of MCXO
W. Zhou, Z. Xuan, H. Liu, and Y. Wang. . . 404

Correlation Between Upper and Lower Sidebands
F. L. Walls. . . 407

Low Phase Noise Operation of Microwave Oscillator Circuits
J.-C. Nallatamby, M. Prigent, E. Vaury, A. Laloue, M. Camiade, and J. Obregon. . . 411

High-Q Whispering Gallery Traveling Wave Resonators for Oscillator Frequency Stabilization
M. E. Tobar, E. N. Ivanov, P. Blondy, D. Cros, and P. Guillon. . . 421

The Use of Thermosensitive Quartz Sensor for Thermal Regulation at Cryogenic Temperatures: Application to Microwave Sapphire Resonator References
Y. Kersalé, F. Lardet-Vieudrin, M. Chaubet, and V. Giordano. . . 427

First Performance Results of PTB's Atomic Caesium Fountain and a Study of Contributions to its Frequency Instability
S. Weyers, A. Bauch, U. Hübner, R. Schröder, and C. Tamm. . . 432

An Alternative Cold Cesium Frequency Standard: The Continuous Fountain
G. Dudle, G. Mileti, A. Joyet, E. Fretel, P. Berthoud, and P. Thomann. . . 438

Recent Results of Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt's Primary Clock CS1
A. Bauch, B. Fischer, T. Heindorff, and R. Schröder. . . 443

Analysis Tools for the Accurate Evaluation of a Small Frequency Standard
F. Hamouda, G. Théobald, P. Cérez, and C. Audoin. . . 449

A New Design of a Diffused Laser Light Optically Pumped Small Cesium Beam Frequency Standard
J. Chen, F. Wang, Y. Wang, and D. Yang. . . 457

Phase and Light Shift Determination in an Optically Pumped Cesium Beam Frequency Standard
A. Makdissi, J.-P. Berthet, and E. de Clercq. . . 461

The Light Shift Effect in the Coherent Population Trapping Cesium Maser
F. Levi, A. Godone, and J. Vanier. . . 466

A Dynamic Analysis of the LO Noise Transfer Mechanism in a Rb-Cell Frequency Standard
M. Ortolano, N. Beverini, and A. De Marchi. . . 471

Cs Frequency Synthesis: A New Approach
A. Sen Gupta, D. Popovic, and F. L. Walls. . . 475

A Practical Method to Process Time and Frequency Signal
W. Zhou, Z. Li, and H. Zhou. . . 480

Assessment of GPS Carrier-Phase Stability for Time-Transfer Applications
K. M. Larson, J. Levine, L. M. Nelson, and T. E. Parker. . . 484

Fabry-Perot Resonator with Interferometric Read-Out for Low Noise Applications
M. E. Tobar. . . 495

Frequency Stabilization of a Diode Laser with a Thin Cs-Vapor Cell
K. Fukuda, M. Furukawa, S. Hayashi, and M. Tachikawa. . . 502

Compact, Broadly Tunable, Mid-IR Source for the Spectroscopic Investigation of Molecular Reference Lines in the 27- to 33-THz Range
T. Kaing, J.-J. Zondy, A. Yelisseyev, S. Lobanov, and L. Isaenko. . . 506

Sub-Systems for Optical Frequency Measurements: Application to the 282-nm ¹⁹⁹Hg⁺ Transition and the 657-nm Ca Line
B. Frech, J. S. Wells, C. W. Oates, J. Mitchell, Y.-P. Lan, T. Kurosu, L. Zink, L. Hollberg, T. Zibrova, B. C. Young, and J. C. Bergquist. . . 513

Performances of OsO₄ Stabilized CO₂ Lasers as Optical Frequency Standards Near 29 THz
C. Daussy, F. Ducos, G. D. Rovera, and O. Acef. . . 518

Frequency Transfer Using GPS Carrier Phases: Influence of Temperature Variations Near the Receiver
C. Bruyninx, P. Defraigne, V. Dehant, and P. Pâquet. . . 522