In the metrology area, typical stabilized lasers are used as length primary standard. KIM-1, i.e. the iodine stabilized He-Ne laser in National Measurement Standards Laboratory-National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (SNSU-BSN) has been traceable to SI through CCL-K11 inter-laboratory comparison. The result was suitable for KIM-1 to be used as the length primary standard in SNSU-BSN. Beat frequency measurement has been applied in the optical frequency and wavelength calibration system for stabilized He-Ne laser 633 nm using KIM-1 as a reference standard. In the calibration replica, a dual-frequency mode (Agilent 5519B) took a role as DUT laser, which emits a pair of beams with a central wavelength of 632.991 354 nm in the vacuum with frequency difference 3.4 to 4.0 MHz and ±0.02 ppm stability for a typical lifetime. As a measurement result, the beat frequencies of the 1st and 2nd polarized beam of Agilent 5519B against KIM-1 are (121.33±0.06) MHz and (118.59±0.06) MHz.
Lasers from four national metrological institutes (NMIs) were compared in 2014 as part of the CCL-K11 ongoing key comparison, initiated by the 13th meeting of the Comité Consultative des Longuers (CCL) in 2007. The absolute frequency of R(127) 11-5 transitions of molecular iodine was measured for these lasers following the technical protocol for CCL-K11. The results of these measurements are compiled in the present report. The comparison reports, as communicated by each participant, are included as appendices.
This document constitutes the sixth final report for the ongoing key comparison CCL-K11.
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The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCL, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).
National Measurement Standards-National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (SNSU-BSN) as the National Metrology Institute of Indonesia has provided time and frequency calibration services for customers. Time and frequency equipment should be calibrated to traceable to the SI units. The calibration process can be carried out in a calibration laboratory. However, some measuring devices cannot be sent to the calibration laboratory. One of the devices that cannot be sent to the calibration laboratory is Cesium atomic clock. It must be calibrated to get the time difference with the local coordinated universal time (UTC), namely UTC(IDN). Therefore, to calibrate the Cesium atomic clock, a remote calibration method is needed. The remote system is also intended to conduct the calibration more effectively and efficiently. This method requires two Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver devices placed on the client-side and a calibration laboratory. For this reason, an algorithm for remote calibration has been developed. The algorithm has been tested to calibrate Cesium-3 of SNSU-BSN against UTC(IDN). The time difference between Cesium-3 and UTC(IDN) was 5.8 microseconds by using the algorithm. Based on the algorithm that has been built, it was concluded that the algorithm can be used to perform remote calibration for the related customer.
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