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    Ultra-stable microwave cryogenic oscillator operated with a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler

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    International audienceWe demonstrate for the first time an ultra-stable microwave cryogenic oscillator operated with a Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocooler. Despite the high level of vibration generated by the GM, we show that an optimised design, with simple passive solutions, enables a sufficient mechanical decoupling to achieve a state-of-the-art frequency stability. The implemented 10 GHz cryogenic oscillator features a fractional frequency stability (ADEV, Allan deviation) σy(τ ) < 3×10−15 for 1 s ≤ τ ≤ 104 s
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