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Detection and Measurement of Frequency Jumps of a Quantum Clock Signal Using Radio Space Navigation Systems

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We show how to detect and measure signal frequency jumps in a quantum clock using radio space navigation systems and a Kalman filter. We provide an error estimate for the determination of the frequency jump.

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  1. Kvarz Institute of Electronic Measurements, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    G. P. Pashev

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 32–33, April, 2015.

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Pashev, G.P. Detection and Measurement of Frequency Jumps of a Quantum Clock Signal Using Radio Space Navigation Systems. Meas Tech 58, 408–411 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-015-0726-y

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