Dick effect

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The Dick effect (hereinafter; "the effect") is an important limitation to frequency stability for modern atomic clocks such as atomic fountains and optical lattice clocks. It is an aliasing effect: High frequency noise in a required local oscillator (LO) is aliased (heterodyned) to near zero frequency by a periodic interrogation process that locks the frequency of the LO to that of the atoms. The noise mimics and adds to the clock's inherent statistical instability, which is determined by the number of atoms or photons available. In so doing, the effect degrades the stability of the atomic clock and places new and stringent demands on LO performance.

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For any given interrogation protocol, the effect can be calculated using a quantum-mechanical sensitivity function, together with the spectral properties of the LO noise. This calculational methodology, introduced by G. John Dick, is now widely used in the design of advanced microwave and optical frequency standards, as well as in the development of methodologies for atomic-wave interferometry, frequency standard comparison, and other areas of measurement science.

Background

General

Frequency stability

The frequency stability of an atomic clock is usually characterized by the Allan deviation , [1] a measure of the expected statistical variation of fractional frequency as a function of averaging time . Generally, short-term fluctuations (frequency or phase noise) in the clock output require averaging for an extended period of time in order to achieve high performance.

Allan deviation for a commercial atomic clock AllanDeviationExample.gif
Allan deviation for a commercial atomic clock

This stability is not the same as the accuracy of the clock, which estimates the expected difference of the average frequency from some absolute standard. [2]

Excellent frequency stability is crucial to a clock's usability: Even though it might have excellent accuracy, a clock with poor frequency stability may require averaging for a week or more for a single high precision test or comparison. Such a clock would not be as useful as one with a higher stability; one that could accomplish the test in hours instead of days.

Stability and operation of atomic clocks

Instability in the output from an atomic clock due to imperfect feedback between atoms and LO was previously well understood. [3] [4] This instability is of a short-term nature and typically does not impact the utility of the clock. The effect, on the other hand gives rise to frequency noise which has the same character as (and is typically much larger than) that due to the fundamental photon– or atom–counting limitation for atomic clocks.

With the exception of hydrogen and ammonia (hydrogen maser, ammonia maser), the atoms or ions in atomic clocks do not provide a usable output signal. Instead, an electronic or optical local oscillator (LO) provides the required output. The LO typically provides excellent short-term stability; long-term stability being achieved by correcting its frequency variability by feedback from the atoms.

In advanced frequency standards the atomic interrogation process is usually sequential in nature: After state-preparation, the atoms' internal clocks are allowed to oscillate in the presence of a signal from the LO for a period of time. At the end of this period, the atoms are interrogated by an optical signal to determine whether (and how much) the state has changed. This information is used to correct the frequency of the LO. Repeated again and again, this enables continuous operation with stability much higher than that of the LO itself. In fact, such feedback was previously thought to allow the stability of the LO output to approach the statistical limit for the atoms for long measuring times.

The effect

The effect [5] [6] is an additional source of instability that disrupts this happy picture. It arises from an interaction between phase noise in the LO and periodic variations in feedback gain that result from the interrogation procedure. The temporal variations in feedback gain alias (or heterodyne) LO noise at frequencies associated with the interrogation period to near zero frequency, and this results in an instability (Allan deviation) that improves only slowly with increasing measuring time. The increased instability limits the utility of the atomic clock and results in stringent requirements on performance (and associated expense) for the required LO: Not only must it provide excellent stability (so that its output can be improved by feedback to the ultra-high stability of the atoms); it must now also have excellent (low) phase noise.

A simple, but incomplete, analysis of the effect may be found by observing that any variation in LO frequency or phase during a dead time required to prepare atoms for the next interrogation is completely undetected, and so will not be corrected. However, this approach does not take into account the quantum-mechanical response of the atoms while they are exposed to pulses of signal from the LO. This is an additional time-dependent response, calculated in analysis of the effect by means of a sensitivity function. [5] [7]

Quantitative

Impact of the Dick effect on the frequency stability of an Hg Ion Clock Plot of Allan Deviation showing the impact of the Dick Effect on the frequency stability of an Atomic Clock.jpg
Impact of the Dick effect on the frequency stability of an Hg Ion Clock

The graphs here show predictions of the effect for a trapped-ion frequency standard using a quartz LO. [5] In addition to excellent stability, quartz oscillators have very well defined noise characteristics: Their frequency fluctuations are characterized as flicker frequency over a very wide range of frequency and time. Flicker frequency noise corresponds to a constant Allan deviation as shown for the quartz LO in the graphs here.

The "expected" curve on the plot shows how stability of the LO is improved by feedback from the atoms. As measuring time is increased (for times longer than an attack time) the stability steadily increases, approaching the inherent stability of the atoms for times longer than about 10,000 seconds. The "actual" curve shows how the stability is impacted by the effect. Instead of approaching the inherent stability of the atoms, the stability of the LO output now approaches a line with a much higher value. The slope of this line is identical to that of the atomic limitation (minus one half on a log-log plot) with a value that is comparable to that of the LO, measured at the cycle time, as indicated by the small blue (downwards) arrow. The value (the length of the blue arrow) depends on the details of the atomic interrogation protocol, and can be calculated using the sensitivity function methodology.

Surprisingly, the long-term stability of an atomic Clock depends on the short-term stability of the LO due to the Dick effect Plot of Allan Deviation showing how a quartz LO impacts the Dick Effect for Atomic Clock.jpg
Surprisingly, the long-term stability of an atomic Clock depends on the short-term stability of the LO due to the Dick effect

The second graph here indicates how various performance aspects of the LO impact achievable stability for the atomic clock. The dependence labeled "Previously Analyzed LO Impact" shows the stability improving on that of the LO with an approximately dependence for times longer than an "attack time" for the feedback loop. For increasing values of the measuring time , the stability approaches the limiting dependence due to statistical variation in the numbers of atoms and photons available for each measurement.

The effect, on the other hand, causes the available stability of the frequency standard to show a counter-intuitive dependence on high-frequency LO phase noise. Here stability of the LO at times less than the Cycle Time is shown to influence stability of the atomic standard over its entire range of operation. Furthermore, it often prevents the clock from ever approaching the stability inherent in the atomic system.

History

Within a few years of the publication of two papers [5] [6] laying out an analysis of LO aliasing, the methodology was experimentally verified, [8] [9] generally adopted by the Time and Frequency community, and applied to the design of many advanced frequency standards. It was also clarified by Lemonde et al. (1998) [7] with a derivation of the sensitivity function that used a more conventional quantum-mechanical approach, and was generalized by Santarelli et al. (1996) [9] so as to apply to interrogation protocols without even time symmetry.

Where performance limits for atomic clocks were previously characterized by accuracy and by the photon– or atom–counting limitation to stability, the effect was now a third part of the picture. This early stage culminated in 1998 in the publication of four papers [10] [8] [11] [12] in a Special Issue on the Dick effect [13] for the journal IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control .

Impact

Perhaps the most significant consequence of the Dick analysis is due to its presentation of a mathematical framework that enabled researchers to accurately calculate the effect based on the methodology and technology used for many very different atomic clocks. Since the effect is generally the most significant limitation to stability for advanced frequency standards, [14] [15] a great deal of work since that time has focused on amelioration strategies. Additionally, the effect methodology and the sensitivity function have enabled significant progress in a number of technical areas.

These atomic clocks typically operate by tossing a ball of laser-cooled atoms upward through a microwave cavity that acts to start the clock in each individual atom. As the atoms return downward, they again traverse this same cavity where they receive a second microwave pulse that stops their clocks. The ball then falls through an optical interrogation apparatus below the cavity that "reads out" the phase difference between the microwaves (the LO) and the atoms that developed during their flying time. This is repeated again and again; a sequential process that gives rise to the effect. [5]
On a smaller scale, the stability of Rb vapor clocks using a pulsed optically pumped (POP) technique has improved to such an extent that the effect due to a quartz USO LO has become the limiting performance factor. Developments in a combined USO--DRO (dielectric resonator oscillator) LO technology [22] now enable improved performance.

Methodology

Introduction

Modern atomic frequency standards or clocks typically comprise a local oscillator (LO), an atomic system that is periodically interrogated by the LO, and a feedback loop to correct the frequency errors in the LO based on the results of that interrogation; thus locking the frequency of the LO to that of the atomic system. [3] [4] The effect describes a process that makes for imperfect locking, one that depends on details of the atomic interrogation protocol. [5] Two steps are required in order to calculate this newly recognized impact of LO noise on the frequency stability of the locked local oscillator (LLO) that provides useful output for the frequency standard. These are:

In contrast to other examples of photonic excitation of atoms or ions, this excitation process is a slow business, taking milliseconds or even seconds to accomplish on account of the extremely high Q factors involved. Instead of a photon striking a solid and ejecting an electron, here is a process where a coherent EM field consisting of many photons (slowly) drives each atom or ion in a cloud from their ground state into a mixed state, typically one with equal amplitudes in the ground and excited states.
Functional forms for during the time that the atoms are being exposed to interrogating microwave or optical fields can be calculated using a fictitious spin model for the quantum mechanical state-transition process [5] [6] or by using an algebraic approach. [7] These forms, in combination with constant values (typically zero or unity) during times when no signal is applied, allow the sensitivity function to be well defined over the entire interrogation cycle.
The discriminating power for both Ramsey Interrogation and Rabi Interrogation of atomic systems had been previously calculated, based on the quantum-mechanical response of an atom or ion to a slightly detuned drive signal. These previously calculated values are now seen to correspond to a time average of the sensitivity function , taken over the interrogation cycle.

Calculation of the sensitivity function

Excitation amplitude
a
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{\displaystyle a(t)}
and sensitivity function
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)
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sequences for Atomic Clocks with Rabi and Ramsey interrogation protocols. Rabi interrogation uses a single signal pulse, offset in frequency so that its phase varies smoothly as the pulse progresses. Ramsey interrogation uses two short pulses with a
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/
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phase shift between them. Two interrogations are shown in each box, along with three dead times (during which readout, state preparation, and other housekeeping tasks are performed). Compare Atomic Clock Time Sequences for Rabi and Ramsey Interrogation.png
Excitation amplitude and sensitivity function sequences for Atomic Clocks with Rabi and Ramsey interrogation protocols. Rabi interrogation uses a single signal pulse, offset in frequency so that its phase varies smoothly as the pulse progresses. Ramsey interrogation uses two short pulses with a phase shift between them. Two interrogations are shown in each box, along with three dead times (during which readout, state preparation, and other housekeeping tasks are performed).

The concepts and results of calculations presented below can be found in the first papers describing the effect. [5] [6]

Each interrogation cycle in an atomic clock typically begins with preparation of the atoms or ions in their ground states. Let P be the probability that any one will be found in its excited state after an interrogation. The amplitude and time of the interrogating signal are typically adjusted so that tuning the LO exactly to the atomic frequency will give , that is, all of the atoms or ions being in their excited state. P is determined for each measurement by then exposing the system to a different signal that will generate fluorescence only for the (e.g.) excited state atoms or ions.

In order to obtain effective feedback using periodic measurements of P, the protocol must be arranged so that P has a sensitivity to frequency variations. The sensitivity to frequency variation can then be defined as

where is the interrogation time, so that the value of characterizes the sensitivity of a measurement of P to a variation in frequency of the LO. Since P is maximized (at ) when the LO is exactly tuned to the atomic transition frequency, the value of would be zero for that case. Thus, for example, in a frequency standard using Rabi Interrogation, the LO is initially detuned so that , and when instability of the LO frequency causes a subsequent measurement of P to return a value different from this, the feedback loop adjusts the LO frequency to bring it back.

Experimentalists use various protocols to mitigate temporal variations in atomic number, light intensity, etc., and so to allow P to be accurately determined, but these are not discussed further here.

The sensitivity of P to variation of the LO frequency for Rabi Interrogation has been previously calculated, [45] and found to have a value of when the LO frequency has been offset by a frequency to give . This is achieved when is detuned so that .

A time-dependent form for the sensitivity of P to frequency variation can now be introduced, defining as:

,
where is the change in the probability of excitation when a phase step is introduced into the interrogating signal at time . Integrating both sides of the equation shows that the effect on the probability P of a frequency that varies during the excitation process, can be written:

.
This shows to be a sensitivity function; representing the time dependence for the effect of frequency variations on the final excitation probability.

The sensitivity function for the case of Rabi Interrogation is shown to be given by: [5] [6]


where ,
,
,
and where is detuned to half-signal amplitude .

Taking the time average of this functional form for , gives
,
exactly as previously referenced for : This shows to be a proper generalization of the previously used sensitivity .

Forms for the sensitivity function for the case of Ramsey Interrogation with a phase step between two interrogation pulses (instead of a frequency offset) are somewhat simpler, and are given by: [5] [6]


where is the pulse time, is the interrogation time and is the cycle time.

Calculation of the limitation to frequency standard stability

Block diagram for a passive atomic frequency standard using sequential interrogation with cycle time
t
c
{\displaystyle t_{c}}
. The term
d
n
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t
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{\displaystyle \delta \nu (t)}
has a time dependent part due to frequency noise from the local oscillator
S
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L
O
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{\displaystyle S_{y}^{LO}(f)}
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Block diagram for a passive atomic frequency standard using sequential interrogation with cycle time . The term has a time dependent part due to frequency noise from the local oscillator .

The operation of a pulse-mode atomic clock can be broken into functional elements as shown in the block diagram here (for a complete analysis see Greenhall [11] ). Here, the LO is represented by its own block and the interrogated atomic system by the other four blocks. The time dependence of the atomic interrogation process is effected here by the Modulator, in which the time-dependent frequency error is multiplied by a time-dependent gain as calculated in the previous section. The signal input to the integrator is proportional to the frequency error , and this allows it to correct slow frequency errors and drift in the local oscillator.
To understand the action in the block diagram, consider the values and to be made up of their average values plus the deviations from the average. The value of (with averages taken over one cycle, ) gives rise to proper feedback operation, locking the frequency of the local oscillator to that of the discriminator, . Additionally, high frequency components of are smoothed by integration and sampling, giving rise to the already known short-term stability limit. [4] However, the term , while generating additional high-frequency noise, also gives rise to very low frequency variations. This is the aliasing effect that causes the loop to improperly correct the local oscillator and which results in additional low frequency variation in the output of the frequency standard.
Following the methodology of (Dick, 1987) [5] and (Santarelli et al., 1996), [9] the Fourier components of the sensitivity function are:
,
,
,
and ,
where is the cycle time. The locked local oscillator provides the useful output signal from any passive (non-maser) frequency standard. A lower limit to its White frequency noise is then shown to be dependent on the frequency noise of the LO at all frequencies with a value given by
,
where is the cycle time (the time between successive measurements of the atomic system).
The Allan variance for an oscillator with White frequency noise [46] is given by , so that the stability limit due to the effect is given by
.
For Ramsey interrogation with very short interrogation pulses, this becomes
,
where is the interrogation time. For the case of an LO with Flicker frequency noise [46] where is independent of , and where the duty factor has typical values , the Allan deviation can be approximated as [8]
.

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