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arXiv 2005-06-08 DOI 10.1051/epjap:2006020 0 views

A sound card based multi-channel frequency measurement system

Groeger, S. · Bison, G. · Knowles, P. E. · Weis, A.

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For physical processes which express themselves as a frequency, for example magnetic field measurements using optically-pumped alkali-vapor magnetometers, the precise extraction of the frequency from the noisy signal is a classical problem. We describe herein a frequency measurement system based on an inexpensive commercially available computer sound card coupled with a software single-tone estimator which reaches Cramér--Rao limited performance, a feature which commercial frequency counters often lack. Characterization of the system and examples of its successful application to magnetometry are presented.

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