ACCURACY COMPARISON BETWEEN TECHNIQUES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CALIBRATION INTERVALS: APPLICATION TO ATOMIC CLOCKS

This paper deals with two different techniques for the establishment of the optimal calibration intervals of Cesium atomic clocks. In particular, the intervals obtained using a mathematical model derived from a metro-logical analysis are compared with those calculated with an iterative technique referred to as Simple Re-sponse Method (SRM). The remarkable consistency between the results achieved with these different calibra-tion strategies not only provides an experimental cross-validation of both techniques, but it also allows the definition of two interchangeable criteria to ensure the metrological confirmation of any atomic clock of this type