33rd Annual Time and Frequency Metrology Seminar
June 3 - 6, 2008

- Agenda -

Day 1 - Tuesday, June 3

  •     8:00-8:45      Registration and Check-in: NIST BOULDER LABORATORIES, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO
  •     8:45-9:00      Announcements and Introductions -- David Howe

- Time and Frequency Fundamentals-

  •     9:00-9:40      Tom O'Brian -- (Chapter 1) Assessment of Time, Timekeeping and Time Distribution
  •   9:40-10:10      David Howe -- (Chapter 2) Definitions: Frequency, Time, Noise, Stability, Accuracy, Calibration, Traceability, Certification
  • 10:10-10:30      Break

- Time Domain Representations of Performance -

  • 10:30-11:30      David Allan -- (Chapter 3) Introduction to Time Domain Measurement Standards
  •   11:30-1:15      Lunch
  •     1:15-3:00      Marc Weiss -- (Chapter 4) Time Domain Representation of Oscillator Performance
  •     3:00-3:20      Break
  •     3:20-5:00      John Vig -- (Chapter 5) Quartz Crystal Resonators and Oscillators

 

Day 2 - Wednesday, June 4

  •    8:15-8:30       Announcements
  •    8:30-9:15      Jennifer Taylor -- (Chapter 6) Improved Long-Term Frequency Stability Measurements using Hybrid ThêoH

-Frequency Domain Representations of Performance -

  •   9:15-10:20     David Howe -- (Chapter 7) Frequency Domain Representations of Performance
  • 10:20-10:40     Break
  • 10:40-11:20     Archita Hati -- (Chapter 8) Techniques of State-of-the-Art PM & AM Noise Measurements
  • 11:20-12:00     Sam Stein -- (Chapter 9) Digital Measurements of PM-Noise of Precision Oscillators
  •   12:00-1:15     Lunch

- Lab Demonstrations of Measurement Techniques -

  •    1:15-2:00     Andrew Novick -- (Chapter 10) Techniques of Time and Frequency Measurements
  •    2:00-2:50     Jim Gray -- (Chapter 11) Measurements in the Time Domain (Allan Deviation Measurements)
  •    2:50-3:10     Break
  •    3:10-4:00     Craig Nelson -- (Chapter 12) PM & AM Noise Measurements
  •    4:00-5:00     Hands-on Tests and Noise Measurements
  •    5:00-7:30     Open House -- To be announced
     

Day 3 - Thursday, June 5

  •     8:00-8:15     Announcements

- Atomic Frequency Standards -

  •     8:15-9:00     Tom Parker -- (Chapter 13) Introduction to Atomic Frequency Standards
  •     9:00-9:40     Tom Heavner -- (Chapter 14) Current and Next Generation Cesium Fountains at NIST
  •   9:40-10:10     Elizabeth Donley -- (Chapter 15) Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks
  • 10:10-10:20     Break
  • 10:20-11:00     Jan Hall -- (Chapter 16) Developments in Optical Frequency Synthesis
  • 11:00-11:40     Tara Fortier -- (Chapter 17) State-of-the-Art Frequency Division from Optical to Microwave
  • 11:40-12:20     Till Rosenband -- (Chapter 18) The Al+ Optical Clock which uses Quantum Logic
  •   12:20-1:30     Lunch

- Time Transfer -

  •    1:30-2:30     Michael Moreau -- (Chapter 19) Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and How They Work
  •    2:30-3:00     John Prestage -- (Chapter 20) Compact Microwave Mercury Ion Clock for Space
  •    3:00-3:30     Victor Zhang -- (Chapter 21) Methods of Time and Frequency Transfer using GPS
  •    3:30-3:40     Break
  •    3:40-4:20     Marc Weiss -- (Chapter 22) Time and Frequency Transfer Using a WAAS satellite
  •    4:20-5:00     Andrew Ludlow  -- (Chapter 23)  Coherent Optical Carrier Phase Transfer via Optical Fiber

 

- Evening Session of Special Topics -

  •     7:00-7:40     Demetrios Matsakis -- (Chapter 24) Pulsars and Astronomical Time
  •     7:40-8:20     Mike Lombardi -- (Chapter 25) NIST Remote Calibration Services
  •     8:20-9:00     David Howe -- (Chapter 26) Stability Analysis Software: Primer and Examples
    Leeson's Model
    Measurements, Modeling, and Time Error Prediction

Day 4 - Friday, June 6

- Advanced Time & Frequency Applications, Future Trends -

  •     8:00-8:50     Judah Levine -- (Chapter 27) Design Considerations of Accurate and Stable Time Scales
  •     8:50-9:20     Craig Nelson -- (Chapter 28) Opto-Electronic Oscillators
  •   9:20-10:00     Charles Burroughs -- (Chapter 29) Josephson Junction Voltage Standard
  • 10:00-10:20     Break
  • 10:20-11:10     Neil Ashby -- (Chapter 30) Relativistic Effects on Time Scales and Space Navigation
  • 11:10-12:00     Tom O'Brian -- (Chapter 31) Trends in Time Generation and Distribution
  • 12:00-12:15     Conclusions and Discussion
  •     2:00-4:00     Tours and Talk:
      • Time Scale -- Judah Levine
      • Primary Frequency Standard -- Tom Heavner
      • Josephson Junction Voltage Standard -- Charles Burroughs
      • Achieving High Spectral Purity -- Jan Hall (auditorium)