Ultra stable oscillators dedicated for space applications. Oscillators and quartz materials behavior vs radiations

G. Ciebiel (1) , B. Boizot (2) , J.J. Boy (3) , J.F. Carlotti (3) , Olivier Cambon (4) , Sabine Devautour-Vinot (4) , V. Candelier (5) , Philippe Guibert (6) , Alain Largeteau (6) , C. Inguimbert (7) , D. Piccheda (8) , J. Lamboley (5)

1 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
2 LSI - Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés - Irradiated Solids Laboratory
3 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
4 ICGM ICMMM - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier
5 CMAC - CMAC
6 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
7 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
8 GEMMA - GEMMA

This paper presents the first results obtained in the R&D studied initiated by the CNES at the end of 2004. Numerous french experts have been gathered to determine and to tentatively understand the mechanism responsible for the radiation sensitivity of quartz resonators and to correlate the results of various analyses in order to reduce or to anneal their susceptibilities.

Domaines: Chimie théorique et/ou physique

G. Ciebiel, B. Boizot, J.J. Boy, J.F. Carlotti, Olivier Cambon, et al.. Ultra stable oscillators dedicated for space applications. Oscillators and quartz materials behavior vs radiations. IEEE-IFCS symposium 2006, May 2006, Miami, United States. pp.814. ⟨hal-00182464⟩